The association between Web-based corporate performance disclosure and financial analyst behaviour under different governance regimes

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1301-1329

  Aerts, Walter ^a   Cormier, Denis ^b   Magnan, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^c Université du Québec à Montréal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analyst following; Analysts' forecasts; Corporate disclosure; Corporate governance; Corporate performance disclosure; Media exposure; Product market competition; Web reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149045658     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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