Managers' Use of Language Across Alternative Disclosure Outlets: Earnings Press Releases versus MD&A

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 804-837

  Davis, Angela K ^a   Tama Sweet, Isho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866338083     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01125.x     Document Type: Article

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