Is openness penalized? Stock returns around earnings warnings

Accounting Review

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1055-1087

  Tucker, Jennifer W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings warning: self selection; Voluntary disclosure; Warning effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548259858     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2007.82.4.1055     Document Type: Article

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