The information content of SEC filings and information environment: A variance decomposition analysis

Accounting Review

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1017-1043

  Callen, Jeffrey L ^a   Livnat, Joshua ^b   Segal, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

SEC filings; Value relevance; Variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849186619     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2006.81.5.1017     Document Type: Review

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