The timeliness and consequences of disseminating public information by regulators

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-132

  Firth, Michael ^a   Rui, Oliver M ^b   Wu, Xi ^c  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Market reaction; Regulation of disclosure; Sanction and enforcement information

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849083587     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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