Conference calls and information asymmetry

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-366

  Brown, Stephen ^a   Hillegeist, Stephen A ^b   Lo, Kin ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conference calls; Information asymmetry; Microstructure; Probability of informed trade; Voluntary disclosures

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144288132     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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