The Impact of a Change in Regulation on Environmental Disclosure: SAB92 and the US Chemical Industry
This study investigates environmental disclosure in the annual reports of US public companies in the chemical industry during a time when there was a substantial change in reporting regulation. This change concerned contingent environmental liabilities. We draw on signal theory and the economic cost...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sebelas Maret University
2008-06-01
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Series: | Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting |
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Online Access: | http://isea.icseard.uns.ac.id/index.php/isea/article/view/25 |