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Corporate Disclosure Determinants: A Cross-Country Investigation

In: New Drivers of Performance in a Changing Financial World

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  • Vincenzo Farina

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The wave of bankruptcies that have followed rapidly in recent years as the consequence of financial scandals (such as the infamous cases of Enron, Worldcom and Parmalat) and the integration among the financial systems of various countries have given rise to a search for mechanisms suitable for protecting investors and regulating growing capital flows.

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  • Vincenzo Farina, 2009. "Corporate Disclosure Determinants: A Cross-Country Investigation," Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions, in: Alessandro Carretta & Franco Fiordelisi & Gianluca Mattarocci (ed.), New Drivers of Performance in a Changing Financial World, chapter 12, pages 220-234, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pmschp:978-0-230-59481-4_12
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230594814_12
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    Keywords

    Capital Market; National Culture; Power Distance; Uncertainty Avoidance; Financial Intermediary;
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    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General

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