The Investment Opportunity Set and Acquired Goodwill

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 173-196

  Wong, Jilnaught ^a   Wong, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accounting choice; Acquired goodwill; Efficient contracting; Investment opportunity set

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347035283     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/AFAE-HLRE-3KRY-CPNA     Document Type: Article

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