The role of local government in influencing company environmental information disclosure in China /

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2019

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Zhu, Ping

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Company environmental information disclosure (EID) in developed countries is well advanced; however, developing countries, this is still in its infancy and in need of further investigation. In the Chinese context, since 2008, an increasing number of listed companies have disclosed environmental information via documents such as annual reports and standalone environmental reports. However, the quality of this EID is still low. Instead of focusing on regulatory enforcement from the Chinese central government, as in many previous studies, this thesis pays attention to another important factor—the role of local/provincial governments—which has been largely overlooked in prior literature. The study investigates the influence of local governments on company EID behaviour; more specifically, to what extent have local/provincial governments influenced company environmental information disclosure in China?

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University of South Australia. School of Commerce.
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Thesis (Masters by research (Accounting))--University of South Australia, 2019.

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Copyright 2019 Ping Zhu.

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1 ethesis (118 pages) :
illustrations (chiefly colour)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-108)

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