Disclosure quality, cost of capital, and investor welfare

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-29

  Gao, Pingyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosf of capital; Disclosure; Real effects; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149126748     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.1.1     Document Type: Review

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