The fleeting effects of disclosure forthcomingness on management's reporting credibility

Accounting Review

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 723-744

  Mercer, Molly ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Management credibility; Management disclosure; Reporting credibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 18944400385     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2005.80.2.723     Document Type: Article

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