The impact of SFAS no. 14 segment information on price variability and earnings forecast accuracy

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 969-985

  Lobo, Gerald J ^a   Kwon, Sung S ^b   Ndubizu, Gordian A ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038405445     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00221     Document Type: Article

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