Hrasky, S. , & Jones, M. J. (2016). Lake Pedder: Accounting, environmental decision-making, nature and impression management. Accounting Forum, 40(4), 285-299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2016.06.005 Peer reviewed version License (if available): CC BY-NC-ND Link to published version (if available): 10.1016/j.accfor.2016.06.005 Link to publication record in Explore Bristol Research PDF-document This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via Elsevier at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2016.06.005. Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. University of Bristol - Explore Bristol Research General rights This document is made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the reference above. Full terms of use are available: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/red/research-policy/pure/user-guides/ebr-terms/ Lake Pedder: Accounting, Environmental Decision-Making, nature and impression management Sue Hrasky and Michael Jones University of Tasmania, University of Bristol Acknowledgements We wish to thank participants at the 15th Financial Reporting and Business Communication Conference, Bristol, July 2011, the 23rd International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), St Andrews, September 2011 and the 10th CSEAR Australasian Conference, Launceston, December 2011, for their helpful comments and suggestions. My thanks also to Claire Horner for her help collecting data. Finally, I would like to thank Glen Lehman and an anonymous reviewer Corresponding Author Department of Accounting and Finance University of Bristol 8 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TN, UK Email:
[email protected] Phone: +44 (0)117 33 18286 Lake Pedder: Accounting, Environmental Decision-Making, Nature and Impression Management Abstract This paper looks at the role of accounting in a major environmental infrastructural project the flooding of Lake Pedder in Tasmania in the 1960s.