The timing of earnings announcements: An examination of the strategic disclosure hypothesis

Accounting Review

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-182

  Doyle, Jeffrey T ^a   Magilke, Matthew J ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure timing; Earnings announcements; Market efficiency; Strategic disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349126473     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2009.84.1.157     Document Type: Article

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