Ethics and disclosure: A study of the financial performance of firms in the seasoned equity offerings market

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 855-878

  Jo, Hoje ^a   Kim, Yongtae ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Earnings management; Ethics; Longterm; Post issue performance; Seasoned equity offerings; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949223349     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9473-6     Document Type: Article

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