Relative valuation roles of equity book value and net income as a function of financial health

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-34

  Barth, Mary E ^a   Beaver, William H ^a   Landsman, Wayne R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

C2; Capital markets; Equity book value; Financial health; G33; M4; Net income; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002437989     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(98)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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