The information content of earnings and prices: A simultaneous equations approach

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-81

  Beaver, William H ^a   McAnally, Mary Lea ^b   Stinson, Christopher H ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Endogeneity; Joint estimation; Sensitivity coefficients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031138993     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(96)00424-7     Document Type: Article

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