Regulation fair disclosure and the cost of equity capital

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-144

  Chen, Zhihong ^a   Dhaliwal, Dan S ^b,c   Xie, Hong ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of capital; Information asymmetry; Regulation fair disclosure; Selective disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950459242     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-009-9115-6     Document Type: Article

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