Regulation fair disclosure and the cost of equity capital
β Scribed by Zhihong Chen; Dan S. Dhaliwal; Hong Xie
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 404 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1380-6653
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