Assessing the usefulness of SEC form 20-F disclosures using return and volume metrics: The case of U.K. firms

Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 343-357

  Olibe, Kingsley Onwunyiri ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41449100570     PISSN: 10550925     EISSN: 19389744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02745894     Document Type: Article

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