Securities Regulation

Disclosure, Liquidity, and the Cost of Capital

Douglas W. Diamond and Robert E. Verrecchia

Year
1991
Venue
Journal of Finance
Level
Advanced
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Summary

Models how public disclosure can reduce information asymmetry, improve securities liquidity, and lower financing costs. The paper also identifies countervailing effects through market-making capacity, making the relation between disclosure and firm value an institutional rather than automatic result.

Citation

Douglas W. Diamond and Robert E. Verrecchia. "Disclosure, Liquidity, and the Cost of Capital." Journal of Finance, 1991.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1991.tb04620.x

BibTeX

@article{Diamond1991Disclosure,
  title = {Disclosure, Liquidity, and the Cost of Capital},
  author = {Douglas W. Diamond and Robert E. Verrecchia},
  year = {1991},
  journal = {Journal of Finance},
  doi = {10.1111/j.1540-6261.1991.tb04620.x},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.1991.tb04620.x}
}
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