Disclosure interactions: Accounting policy choice and voluntary disclosure effects on the cost of raising outside capital

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-205

  Gietzmann, Miles B ^a   Trombetta, Marco ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 20944442277     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2003.9729646     Document Type: Article

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