Corporate disclosure policy and the informativeness of stock prices

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-52

  Gelb, David S ^a   Zarowin, Paul ^b,c  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Future ERC; Informativeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347347167     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017927530007     Document Type: Article

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