Reg-FD and the competitiveness of all-star analysts

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-316

  Bagnoli, Mark ^a   Watts, Susan G ^a   Zhang, Yong ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

All Star analysts; Competition; Regulation Fair Disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749131139     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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