Investor protection under unregulated financial reporting

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 65-116

  Barton, Jan ^a   Waymire, Gregory ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial reporting quality; Financial reporting regulation; Investor protection; Stock market crashes; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344321656     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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