Goodwill Amortization and the Usefulness of Earnings

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 20-28

  Jennings, Ross ^a   LeClere, Marc ^b   Thompson II, Robert B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347236723     PISSN: 0015198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v57.n5.2478     Document Type: Article

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