Corporate Environmental Disclosure Strategies: Determinants, Costs and Benefits

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 429-451

  Cormier, Denis ^a   Magnan, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84990380988     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X9901400403     Document Type: Review

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