Optimal precision of accounting information in debt financing

European Accounting Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 579-602

  Göx, Robert F ^a   Wagenhofer, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 77956506310     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180.2010.496546     Document Type: Article

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