Corporate governance determinants on Australian resource companies' financial instrument disclosure practices

Asian Review of Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-73

  Taylor, Grantley ^a   Tower, Greg ^a   Van Der Zahn, Mitchell ^a   Neilson, John ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Australia; Corporate governance; Disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043554     PISSN: 13217348     EISSN: 17588863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13217340810872472     Document Type: Article

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