Private Information Production, Public Disclosure, and the Cost of Capital: Theory and Implications

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 363-384

  Zhang, Guochang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cost of capital; Private information production; Public disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347668630     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/N6G3-RWX7-Y15L-BWPV     Document Type: Article

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