A review of Chinese and English language studies on corporate environmental reporting in China

Helen Hong Yang, Russell Craig and Alan Farley

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, 2015, vol. 28, issue C, 30-48

Abstract: We review theoretical arguments, research methods and empirical findings of 57 Chinese and English language studies of corporate environmental reporting (CER) in China. The studies reviewed highlight the influential role of the Chinese government in driving change in CER, especially since 2008. They reveal that few of the associations reported in Western capital markets research between company characteristics and CER (other than size and industry) were found in studies of CER in China. Agency theory prevailed in Chinese language studies of CER in China whereas institutional theory was more popular in English language studies.

Keywords: Corporate reporting; China; Critical; Environmental (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2014.10.001

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