Cross-border information transfers: Evidence from profit warnings issued by European firms

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 449-472

  Alves, Paulo ^a   Pope, Peter F ^a   Young, Steven ^b  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross border effects; Information transfers; Profit warnings; Stock market reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849120293     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2009.9663378     Document Type: Article

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