Does Information Risk Really Matter? An Analysis of the Determinants and Economic Consequences of Financial Reporting Quality

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-90

  Cohen, Daniel A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cost of capital; financial reporting quality; idiosyncratic risk; information risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849088965     PISSN: 16081625     EISSN: 21642257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2008.9720812     Document Type: Article

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