The impact of disclosure reform on the NZX's financial information environment

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 460-478

  Huang, Meng ^a   Marsden, Alastair ^a   Poskitt, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continuous disclosure; Informational efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349255312     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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