Disclosure and the cost of capital: Evidence from the market's reaction to firm voluntary adoption of IAS

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 793-821

  Karamanou, Irene ^a   Nishiotis, George P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Bonding; Cost of capital; Disclosure; IAS; IFRS; Investor protection; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349503654     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2009.02154.x     Document Type: Article

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