Voluntary disclosure and its impact on share prices: Evidence from the UK biotechnology sector

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-216

  Dedman, Elisabeth ^a   Lin, Stephen W J ^b   Prakash, Arun J ^b   Chang, Chun Hao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm strategy; Market reaction; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749087618     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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