Earnings announcements and attention constraints: The role of market design

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 612-634

  Chakrabarty, Bidisha ^a   Moulton, Pamela C ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention constraints; Automation; Earnings announcements; Inventory risk; Liquidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859996220     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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