Corporate governance, social responsibility information disclosure, and enterprise value in China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 1075-1084

  Liu, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Chen ^b  

^a CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Enterprise value; Heavy pollution industry; Social responsibility information disclosure

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION;

CHINESE COMPANIES; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; ENTERPRISE VALUES; INFORMATION DISCLOSURE; LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT; SHORT TERM; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; STOCK EXCHANGE;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84994491792     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.102     Document Type: Article

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