Use of R2 in accounting research: Measuring changes in value relevance over the last four decades

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-115

  Brown, Stephen ^a   Lo, Kin ^b   Lys, Thomas ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

C51; Capital markets; Econometric models; Equity valuation; Financial reporting; G10; G38; M41

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001837476     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(99)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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