EVA versus earnings: Does it matter which is more highly correlated with stock returns?

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages 209-245

  Garvey, Gerald T ^a   Milbourn, Todd T ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings; Economic value added; Incentives; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 20144368284     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2672916     Document Type: Article

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