The usefulness of earnings versus book value for predicting stock returns and cross corporate ownership in Japan

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 467-485

  Hong Bae, Kee ^a   Kim, Jeong Bon ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Book value; Cross corporate ownership; Earnings; G12; Market inefficiency; Predictive ability; Real estate holdings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038907844     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0922-1425(98)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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