Managerial incentives for discretionary disclosure: Evidence from management leveraged buyouts

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-533

  Hafzalla, Nader M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Leveraged buyout; Management buyout

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350338101     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-007-9061-0     Document Type: Article

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