The relation between earnings and cash flows

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-168

  Dechow, Patricia M ^a   Kothari, S P ^b   Watts, Ross L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accruals; Cash flows; Correlations; Earnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032571948     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(98)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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