A test of the market's mispricing of domestic and foreign earnings

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-267

  Thomas, Wayne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Foreign earnings; Market efficiency; Multinational firms; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033474295     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(00)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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