Carbon emissions and the cost of capital: Australian evidence

Review of Accounting and Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 400-420

  Li, Yongqing ^a   Eddie, Ian ^b   Liu, Jinghui ^b  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Carbon emissions reduction; Cost of debt; Cost of equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919402037     PISSN: 14757702     EISSN: 17587700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/RAF-08-2012-0074     Document Type: Article

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