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Corporate governance and the informativeness of disclosures in Australia: a re-examination

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Corporate governance and the informativeness of disclosures in Australia: a re-examination. / Beekes, Wendy; Brown, Philip; Zhang, Qiyu.
In: Accounting and Finance, Vol. 55, No. 4, 12.2015, p. 931-963.

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Beekes, W, Brown, P & Zhang, Q 2015, 'Corporate governance and the informativeness of disclosures in Australia: a re-examination', Accounting and Finance, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 931-963. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12088

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Beekes, W., Brown, P., & Zhang, Q. (2015). Corporate governance and the informativeness of disclosures in Australia: a re-examination. Accounting and Finance, 55(4), 931-963. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12088

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Beekes W, Brown P, Zhang Q. Corporate governance and the informativeness of disclosures in Australia: a re-examination. Accounting and Finance. 2015 Dec;55(4):931-963. Epub 2014 Oct 16. doi: 10.1111/acfi.12088

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Beekes, Wendy ; Brown, Philip ; Zhang, Qiyu. / Corporate governance and the informativeness of disclosures in Australia : a re-examination. In: Accounting and Finance. 2015 ; Vol. 55, No. 4. pp. 931-963.

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