Accounting-based stock price anomalies: Separating market inefficiencies from risk

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-136

  Bernard, Victor ^a   Thomas, Jacob ^b   Wahlen, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0002232841     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1997.tb00529.x     Document Type: Article

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