The change in corporate transparency of Korean firms after the Asian financial crisis: An analysis using analysts' forecast data

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1144-1167

  Chang, Jinho ^a   Cho, Young Jun ^b   Shin, Hyun Han ^a  

^a Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Marketing   (South Korea)

^b The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst forecast dispersion; Analyst forecast error; Asian financial crisis; Chaebol; Corporate transparency; Information asymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149011483     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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