Market reaction to earnings surprise warnings: The incremental effect of shareholder litigation risk on the warning effect

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-222

  Atiase, Rowland K ^a   Supattarakul, Somchai ^b   Tse, Senyo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646377657     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X0602100207     Document Type: Article

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