Do nonlinearity, firm-specific coefficients, and losses represent distinct factors in the relation between stock returns and accounting earnings?

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-214

  Lipe, Robert C ^a   Bryant, Lisa ^b   Widener, Sally K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Earnings response coefficients; Earnings return relation; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032571950     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(98)00022-6     Document Type: Article

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