The effect of conference calls on analyst and market underreaction to earnings announcements

Accounting Review

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 189-219

  Kimbrough, Michael D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conference call; Post earnings announcement drift; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844266625     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2005.80.1.189     Document Type: Review

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