Self-serving causal disclosures and short-term IPO valuation-evidence from China

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-75

  Aerts, Walter ^a   Cheng, Peng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

causal disclosure; IPO valuation; narrative impression management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862087088     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: 21594260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2012.622946     Document Type: Article

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