Management forecast credibility and underreaction to news

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 956-986

  Ng, Jeffrey ^a   Tuna, Irem ^b   Verdi, Rodrigo ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Market efficiency; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888029643     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-012-9217-4     Document Type: Article

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