The relationship between corporate environmental performance andenvironmental disclosure: An empirical study in China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 145, Issue , 2014, Pages 357-367

  Meng, X H ^a,d   Zeng, S X ^a   Shi, Jonathan J ^b   Qi, G Y ^c   Zhang, Z B ^d  

^a Shanghai   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Environmental disclosure; Environmental performance; Listed companies

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MARKET SYSTEM; NONLINEARITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARKET; PUNISHMENT; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISCLOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84905687588     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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