When Does Information Asymmetry Affect the Cost of Capital?

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-40

  Armstrong, Christopher S ^a   Core, John E ^b   Taylor, Daniel J ^a   Verrecchia, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 78751480682     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2010.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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