Accounting earnings, permanent cash flow and the distribution of the earnings to price ratio

British Accounting Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-140

  Biekpe, Nicholas ^a   Tippett, Mark ^c   Willett, Roger ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032090197     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.1997.0056     Document Type: Article

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