The impact of litigation risk on the strategic timing of management earnings forecasts

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 467-495

  Jackson, Andrew B ^a   Gallery, Gerry ^b   Balatbat, Maria C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous disclosure; Disclosure timing; Litigation risk; Management earnings forecasts; Regulation; Strategic disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930764831     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acfi.12065     Document Type: Article

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