Public reports, information acquisition by investors, and management incentives

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-190

  Feltham, Gerald A ^a   Martin, G H W U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congruence; Investor information acquisition; Multiple tasks; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010188264     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009652723935     Document Type: Article

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