Evidence that prices do not fully reflect the implications of current earnings for future earnings: An experimental markets approach

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-433

  Calegari, Michael ^a   Fargher, Neil L ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0000927898     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1997.tb00534.x     Document Type: Article

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