Earnings, adaptation and equity value

Accounting Review

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-215

  Burgstahler, David C ^a   Dichev, Ilia D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Book value; Convexity; Earnings; Equity valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287878     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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