Is silence golden? An empirical analysis of firms that stop giving quarterly earnings guidance

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 134-150

  Chen, Shuping ^a   Matsumoto, Dawn ^b   Rajgopal, Shiva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequences; Determinants; Disclosure; Earnings guidance; Stoppage

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951512392     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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