Disclosure level and the cost of equity capital

Accounting Review

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-349

  Botosan, Christine A ^a  

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Author keywords

Corporate disclosure strategy; Cost of equity capital; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031184823     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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