To believe or not to believe

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-98

  Bhattacharya, Utpal ^a   Krishnan, Murugappa ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheap talk; Earnings disclosure; G14; M40; Market microstructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006150511     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-4181(98)00006-8     Document Type: Article

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