Analysts' treatment of nonrecurring items in street earnings

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 129-170

  Gu, Zhaoyang ^a   Chen, Ting ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings forecast; Earnings persistence; Financial analyst; Nonrecurring items; Street earnings; Valuation multiples

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344283925     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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