Investor Information Demand: Evidence from Google Searches Around Earnings Announcements

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1001-1040

  Drake, Michael S ^a   Roulstone, Darren T ^b   Thornock, Jacob R ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84864111122     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2012.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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