The capital market implications of the frequency of interim financial reporting: An international analysis

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-104

  Mensah, Yaw M ^a   Werner, Robert H ^a  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interim financial reporting; Quarterly financial reports; Semi annual interim reporting; Stock price volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149182942     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11156-007-0069-0     Document Type: Article

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