Voluntary disclosure and information asymmetry: Evidence from the 2005 securities offering reform

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1299-1345

  Shroff, Nemit ^a   Sun, Amy X ^b   White, Hal D ^c   Zhang, Weining ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business   (China)

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EID: 84887066106     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-679X.12022     Document Type: Article

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