UK accounting disclosure practices and information asymmetry during the first quarter of the twentieth century: The effects on book returns and dividend cover

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 775-794

  Arnold, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 30344446552     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00212     Document Type: Article

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