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Disclosure on climate change: Analysing the UK ETS effects

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Disclosure on climate change: Analysing the UK ETS effects. / Sales De Aguiar, Thereza Raquel; Bebbington, Jan.
In: Accounting Forum, Vol. 38, No. 4, 31.12.2014, p. 227-240.

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Sales De Aguiar TR, Bebbington J. Disclosure on climate change: Analysing the UK ETS effects. Accounting Forum. 2014 Dec 31;38(4):227-240. doi: 10.1016/j.accfor.2014.10.002

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Sales De Aguiar, Thereza Raquel ; Bebbington, Jan. / Disclosure on climate change : Analysing the UK ETS effects. In: Accounting Forum. 2014 ; Vol. 38, No. 4. pp. 227-240.

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