A Study of the Provision of Natural Environment Disclosures in the Annual Reports of Pacific Island Countries’ Entities and User/Preparer Needs

Environmental Disclosure Practices and Financial Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 21-48

  Brown, Alistair M ^a   Tower, Greg ^c   Taplin, Ross ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

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