Strategic disclosure and stock returns: Theory and evidence from US cross-listing

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1585-1620

  Goto, Shingo ^a   Watanabe, Masahiro ^b   Xu, Yan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 65349165690     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn013     Document Type: Article

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