How do investors assess the credibility of management disclosures?

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-196

  Mercer, Molly ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18944363016     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2004.18.3.185     Document Type: Article

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