The value relevance of financial statement recognition vs. disclosure: Evidence from SFAS No. 106

Accounting Review

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-423

  Davis Friday, Paquita Y ^a   Folami, L Buky ^a   Liu, Chao Shin ^a   Mittelstaedt, H Fred ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Disclosure; Recognition; SFAS No. 106; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033236337     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.1999.74.4.403     Document Type: Article

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