Private earnings guidance and its implications for disclosure regulation

Accounting Review

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1299-1332

  Wang, Isabel Yanyan ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure policy; Disclosure regulation; Information environment; Private earnings guidance; Regulation Fair Disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749059518     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2007.82.5.1299     Document Type: Article

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