Voluntary Disclosures, Corporate Control, and Investment

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1041-1076

  Kumar, Praveen ^a   Langberg, Nisan ^a   Sivaramakrishnan, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864109515     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2012.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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