An investigation of capital market reactions to pronouncements on fair value accounting

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 119-154

  Cornett, Marcia Millon ^a   Rezaee, Zabihollah ^b   Tehranian, Hassan ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank regulation; Fair value accounting; SFAS 115

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030215176     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(96)00440-5     Document Type: Article

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