Hide-and-seek in corporate disclosure: evidence from negative corporate incidents
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عنوان ژورنال: Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1472-0701
DOI: 10.1108/cg-05-2018-0164