Spreading the Word: Price discovery and newswire dissemination of management earnings guidance

Accounting Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 317-346

  Twedt, Brady ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information dissemination; Management earnings guidance; Price discovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009080349     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-51129     Document Type: Article

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