Audit Quality, Legal and Disclosure Environments, and Analysts' Forecast Accuracy: Some International Evidence

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-58

  Choi, Jong Hag ^a   Kang, Tony ^b   Kwon, Young K ^c   Zang, Yoonseok ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

analysts' forecasts accuracy; Audit quality; disclosure; international; legal environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649559480     PISSN: 16081625     EISSN: 21642257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2005.10510647     Document Type: Article

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