Meta-analytic review of disclosure level and cost of equity capital

International Journal of Accounting and Information Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-62

  Souissi, Mohsen ^a   Khlif, Hicham ^b  

^a FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Cost of equity capital; Disclosure; Disclosure environment; Equity capital; Non financial disclosure; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857759537     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18347641211201072     Document Type: Review

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