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Corporate Disclosure Determinants: A Cross-Country Investigation

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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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  1. Vincenzo Farina
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Italy

    Alessandro Carretta (full professor in Financial Markets and Institutions and director of the PhD programme in Banking and Finance) (full professor in Financial Markets and Institutions and director of the PhD programme in Banking and Finance)

  2. Faculty of Economics ‘Federico Caffè’, University of Rome III, Italy

    Franco Fiordelisi MA, PhD (professor in Banking and Finance) (professor in Banking and Finance)

  3. Faculty of Economics, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Italy

    Gianluca Mattarocci MA, PhD (lecturer of Economics and Management of Financial Intermediaries) (lecturer of Economics and Management of Financial Intermediaries)

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Farina, V. (2009). Corporate Disclosure Determinants: A Cross-Country Investigation. In: Carretta, A., Fiordelisi, F., Mattarocci, G. (eds) New Drivers of Performance in a Changing Financial World. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594814_12

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