Comparing the investment decisions of accounting practitioners and students: An empirical study on the adequacy of student surrogates

Accounting Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-135

  Liyanarachchi, Gregory A ^a   Milne, Markus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accountants; Environmental disclosures; Experiment; Investment decision making; Replication; Student surrogates

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044345951     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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