Risk disclosure, cost of capital and bank performance

International Journal of Accounting and Information Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 476-494

  Nahar, Shamsun ^a   Azim, Mohammad ^a   Jubb, Christine Anne ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bank; Cost of capital; Performance; Risk disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994291792     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJAIM-02-2016-0016     Document Type: Article

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