What Do the Markets Say? Shareholder Wealth Effects of the XBRL Mandate

ABSTRACT We investigate the market reaction to legislative events pertaining to the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) mandate. The SEC contends that requiring issuers to adopt XBRL for ...

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