Essays on disclosure

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 97-180

  Verrecchia, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of capital; Disclosure; G14; Information asymmetry reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001829001     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(01)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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