The market for information - Evidence from finance directors, analysts and fund managers

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-20

  Barker, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002206334     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1998.9729563     Document Type: Article

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