Does XBRL adoption reduce information asymmetry?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-163

  Yoon, Hyungwook ^a   Zo, Hangjung ^a   Ciganek, Andrew P ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate disclosure; Firm size; Information asymmetry; Korean stock market; XBRL

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650308659     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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