The information content of the president's letter to shareholders

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1157-1182

  Abrahamson, Eric ^a   Amir, Eli ^a  

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

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EID: 0007640585     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1996.tb01163.x     Document Type: Review

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