Earnings Announcements and Information Asymmetry: An Intra-Day Analysis

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 449-472

  Libby, Theresa ^a   Mathieu, Robert ^a   Robb, Sean W G ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bid ask spread; Depth; Earnings announcements; Information asymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346047904     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/7TRP-DA36-593Q-N0YM     Document Type: Article

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