Making sense and transparency in finance literature: Evidence from trends in readability
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2023.101900
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Keywords
Readability; Transparency; Academic writing; Natural language processing; Textual analysis; Finance literature;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G00 - Financial Economics - - General - - - General
- G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
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