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Corporate Disclosure and Reporting Practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries

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The objective of this chapter is to report on the results of a study that empirically assessed the degree of compliance with annual mandatory statutory disclosure requirements in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

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  1. Department of Accounting and MIS, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 733, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Haider Madani

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    Mohamed A. Ramady

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Madani, H. (2012). Corporate Disclosure and Reporting Practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries. In: Ramady, M. (eds) The GCC Economies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1611-1_15

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