Shareholder rights, financial disclosure and the cost of equity capital

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-204

  Cheng, C S Agnes ^a   Collins, Denton ^b   Huang, Henry He ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Cost of equity capital; Disclosure; Shareholder rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745599594     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11156-006-8795-2     Document Type: Article

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