Disclosure interactions and the cost of equity capital: Evidence from the Spanish continuous market

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 34, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1371-1392

  Espinosa, Mónica ^a,b   Trombetta, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accounting policy choice; Cost of capital; Disclosure quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849062705     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2007.02064.x     Document Type: Article

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