Accounting losses and earnings response coefficients: The impact of leverage and growth opportunities

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-292

  Martikainen, Minna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

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EID: 0000724077     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00105     Document Type: Article

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