Signaling through corporate accountability reporting

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-72

  Lys, Thomas ^a   Naughton, James P ^a   Wang, Clare ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate accountability reporting; Corporate social responsibility; Signaling; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926204422     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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