Information asymmetry and estimation risk: Preliminary evidence from Chinese equity markets

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-331

  Lam, Swee Sum ^a   Du, Jing ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Canadian Imperial Banking Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditor certification; Estimation risk; Information asymmetry; Private information production; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342437776     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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