Do managers intentionally use repurchase tender offers to signal private information? Evidence from firm financial reporting behavior

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 205-233

  Louis, Henock ^a   White, Hal ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial reporting; Managerial opportunism; Repurchase tender offers; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249908137     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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