Earnings dilution and the explanatory power of earnings for returns

Accounting Review

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 589-612

  Huson, Mark R ^a   Scott, Thomas W ^a   Wier, Heather A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dilution; Earnings; Stock options; Stock returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540367     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2001.76.4.589     Document Type: Article

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