Bridging the information gap: Quarterly conference calls as a medium for voluntary disclosure

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 137-167

  Tasker, Sarah C ^a  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

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EID: 54649083422     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009684502135     Document Type: Article

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