Determinants of Disclosure Quality: Empirical Evidence from Iran
zahra mousavi2014, Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting
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Abstract
In this study, we investigate whether quick assets ratio, current assets ratio, ROE, ROA, and financial leverage ratioas information disclosure quality determinants are related to information disclosure quality. Based on 240 Iranian firm-year observations over the period
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