Post-announcement drift and income smoothing: Finnish evidence

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1197-1211

  Booth, G Geoffrey ^a   Kallunki, Juha Pekka ^b   Martikainen, Teppo ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

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EID: 0010673010     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1996.tb01165.x     Document Type: Article

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