Outcome information and the "expectation gap": The case of loss contingencies

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-299

  Kinney Jr , William R ^a   Nelson, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030241931     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2491503     Document Type: Article

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