Does good corporate governance reduce information asymmetry around quarterly earnings announcements?

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-522

  Kanagaretnam, Kiridaran ^a   Lobo, Gerald J ^b   Whalen, Dennis J ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bid ask spread; Corporate governance; Depth; Information asymmetry; Market liquidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250814619     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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