Unbalanced information and the interaction between information acquisition, operating activities, and voluntary disclosure

Accounting Review

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1171-1194

  Einhorn, Eti ^a   Ziv, Amir ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Financial accounting; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749102024     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2007.82.5.1171     Document Type: Article

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