The interdependence of reporting discretion and informational efficiency in laboratory markets

Accounting Review

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-511

  Bloomfield, Robert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Disclosure management; Experimental economics; Market efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030305315     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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