The Relation between Market Values, Earnings Forecasts, and Reported Earnings

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-48

  Begley, Joy ^a   Feltham, Gerald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analyst forecasts; Information dynamics; Residual income; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038018039     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/7C61-9Q4M-G7D2-64BK     Document Type: Article

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