Do better-governed Australian firms make more informative disclosures

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 422-450

  Beekes, Wendy ^a,c   Brown, Philip ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysts' forecasts; Corporate governance quality; Disclosure frequency; Price discovery; Timeliness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646856200     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00614.x     Document Type: Review

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