The effects of ownership and capital structure on environmental information disclosure: Empirical evidence from Chinese listed electric firms

WSEAS Transactions on Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 637-649

  Chang, Kai ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Environmental information disclosure; Listed electric firms; Ownership concentration; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894225809     PISSN: 11092777     EISSN: 22242678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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