Audited financial reporting and voluntary disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports

Journal of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 53-76

  Chen, Long ^a   Srinidhi, Bin ^b   Tsang, Albert ^c   Yu, Wei ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit fees; Audited financial reporting; Complementarity; Corporate social responsibility; CSR disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988354897     PISSN: 10492127     EISSN: 15588033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jmar-51411     Document Type: Article

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