Do early and voluntary filers of financial information in XBRL format signal superior corporate governance and operating performance?

International Journal of Accounting Information Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Premuroso, Ronald F ^a   Bhattacharya, Somnath ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Signaling theory; Voluntary disclosure; XBRL

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949098518     PISSN: 14670895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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