Does earnings quality affect information asymmetry? Evidence from trading costs*

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 482-516

  Bhattacharya, Nilabhra ^a   Desai, Hemang ^a   Venkataraman, Kumar ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879170124     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2012.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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