Corporate governance and the information environment: Evidence from state antitakeover laws

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 185-204

  Armstrong, Christopher S ^a   Balakrishnan, Karthik ^a   Cohen, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitakeover laws; Corporate governance; Financial reporting quality; Information asymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856835116     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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