Mandated disclosure, stock returns, and the 1964 securities acts amendments

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 399-460

  Greenstone, Michael ^a   Oyer, Paul ^a   Vissing Jorgensen, Annette ^a  

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EID: 33646356712     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2006.121.2.399     Document Type: Article

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