Should firms disclose everything to everybody? A discussion of "open vs. closed conference calls: The determinants and effects of broadening access to disclosure"

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 181-187

  Skinner, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conference call; Disclosure; Selective disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037219887     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(02)00074-5     Document Type: Note

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