Discretionary disclosure and stock-based incentives

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 283-309

  Nagar, Venky ^a   Nanda, Dhananjay ^b   Wysocki, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discretionary disclosure; Incentive; Share ownership; Stock compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037217403     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(02)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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