Environmental Incentives for and Usefulness of Textual Risk Reporting: Evidence from Germany
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عنوان ژورنال: The International Journal of Accounting
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0020-7063
DOI: 10.1016/j.intacc.2016.10.001