Information content and timing of earnings announcements

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 65-95

  Chen, Gongmeng ^a   Cheng, Louis T W ^a,b   Gao, Ning ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese market; Earnings; Information asymmetry; Volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844469155     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2005.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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