Shareholder litigation and changes in disclosure behavior

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 136-156

  Rogers, Jonathan L ^a   Van Buskirk, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conference calls; Earnings surprises; Forecast properties; Litigation risk; Management forecasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749106539     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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