Does graph disclosure bias reduce the cost of equity capital?

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-102

  Muiño, Flora ^a   Trombetta, Marco ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost of equity; Disclosure; Graph distortion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960603701     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: 21594260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2009.9663351     Document Type: Article

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