A review of research on the negative accounting relationship between risk and return: Bowman's paradox

Omega

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-18

  Núñez Nickel, Manuel ^a   Cano Rodriguez, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accounting risk; Bowman's paradox; Risk return relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042793264     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(01)00055-X     Document Type: Review

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