Voluntary disclosure under uncertainty about the reporting objective

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 245-274

  Einhorn, Eti ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Financial accounting; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248994323     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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