The determinants of risk disclosure by banking institutions Evidence from Bangladesh

Asian Review of Accounting

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 426-444

  Nahar, Shamsun ^a   Azim, Mohammad ^a   Jubb, Christine ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Basel II; Corporate risk disclosure; IFRS 7; Risk disclosure index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995468308     PISSN: 13217348     EISSN: 17588863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ARA-07-2014-0075     Document Type: Article

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