SEC Regulation Fair Disclosure, information, and the cost of capital

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 300-334

  Gomes, Armando ^a   Gorton, Gary ^b,c   Madureira, Leonardo ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Cost of capital; Disclosure; Information production; Reg FD; Regulation; Regulation fair disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249748994     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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