Continuous disclosure compliance: Does corporate governance matter?

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 965-988

  Chapple, Larelle ^a   Truong, Thu Phuong ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continuous disclosure compliance; Continuous disclosure reform; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954393446     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acfi.12071     Document Type: Article

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