Market perception of foreign financial reports: Differential earnings response coefficients between U.S. and foreign GAAP

Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-74

  Epps, Ruth W ^a   Oh, Joon Whan ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Earnings response coefficients; Foreign financial reports; Micro macro GAAP; Quality earnings signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007010329     PISSN: 10619518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1061-9518(97)90012-4     Document Type: Article

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