Leveling the playing field for less-sophisticated non-professional investors: Does plain English matter?

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore how non-professional investors (NPIs) with varying levels of financial sophistication interpret and perceive corporate disclosures and management credibility, specifically risk factors, when those disclosures are presented in readable and less-readab...

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Main Authors: Eileen Taylor, Jennifer Riley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Capital Markets Studies
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Online Access:https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/JCMS-10-2017-004