Changes in the value-relevance of earnings and book values over the past forty years

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-67

  Collins, Daniel W ^a   Maydew, Edward L ^b   Weiss, Ira S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Financial reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498152     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(97)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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