Timing Equity Issuance in Response to Information Asymmetry Arising from IFRS Adoption in Australia and Europe

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 257-307

  Wang, Shiheng ^a   Welker, Michael ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 78751560873     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2010.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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