Market value of voluntary disclosures concerning information security

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 3, 2010, Pages 567-594

  Gordon, Lawrence A ^a   Loeb, Martin P ^a   Sohail, Tashfeen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bid ask spread; Information security; Market value; Selection bias; Voluntary disclosures

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FINANCE;

BID-ASK SPREAD; DIGITAL ECONOMY; FIRM VALUE; MARKET VALUES; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; SELECTION BIAS; STRATEGIC CHOICE; VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURES;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 77957100955     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25750692     Document Type: Article

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