Mandatory disclosure and stock returns: Evidence from the over-the-counter market

Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-251

  Ferrell, Allen ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 36749102036     PISSN: 00472530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511898     Document Type: Article

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