The new Form 8-K disclosures

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 752-778

  Lerman, Alina ^a   Livnat, Joshua ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Form 8 K; Regulation; SEC; Stock market response

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649632027     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-009-9114-7     Document Type: Article

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