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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Main Authors: Kathryn Bewley, Vanessa Magness
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sebelas Maret University 2008-06-01
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