Corporate Voluntary Carbon Information Disclosure: Evidence from China's Listed Companies

World Economy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-109

  Peng, Juan ^a   Sun, Jianfei ^a   Luo, Rui ^b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CORPORATE STRATEGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRY;

CHINA;

EID: 84923206985     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/twec.12187     Document Type: Article

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