Heterogeneous investment opportunities in multiple-segment firms and the incremental value relevance of segment accounting data

Accounting Review

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 397-428

  Chen, Peter F ^a   Zhang, Guochang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Divergence of profitability; Incremental value relevance; Real options; Segment accounting data; Segment growth opportunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038401009     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2003.78.2.397     Document Type: Article

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