Accounting standard-setting organizations and earnings relevance: Longitudinal evidence from NYSE common stocks, 1927-93

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-317

  Kirsten, Ely ^a   Waymire, Gregory ^a  

^a NONE

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EID: 0033196207     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2491411     Document Type: Article

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