SEC market risk disclosures: Implications for judgment and decision making

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-70

  Hodder, Leslie ^a   Koonce, Lisa ^a   McAnally, Mary Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0038743517     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2001.15.1.49     Document Type: Article

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