The explanatory power of earnings levels vs. earnings changes in the context of executive compensation

Accounting Review

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-472

  Baber, William R ^a   Kang, Sok Hyon ^a   Kumar, Krishna R ^a  

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Author keywords

Accounting earnings; Earnings persistence; Executive compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033236336     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.1999.74.4.459     Document Type: Article

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