An analysis of Australian company carbon emission disclosures

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-79

  Bae Choi, Bo ^a   Lee, Doowon ^a   Psaros, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Carbon; Carbon emissions; Disclosure; Emission; Information disclosure; NGER Act; Voluntary disclosures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925402926     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01140581311318968     Document Type: Article

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