Information and the cost of Capital: An Ex ante perspective

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 817-848

  Christensen, Peter O ^a   De La Rosa, Leónidas E ^a   Feltham, Gerald A ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asset pricing; Cost of capital; Information asymmetry; Public reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954339952     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.3.817     Document Type: Article

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