Ownership structure and accounting information content: Evidence from France

Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-246

  Zhao, Ronald ^a   Millet Reyes, Benedicte ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548661499     PISSN: 09541314     EISSN: 1467646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-646X.2007.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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