Accounting valuation: Is earnings quality an issue?

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 20-28

  Cornell, Bradford ^a   Landsman, Wayne R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 20444487607     PISSN: 0015198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v59.n6.2571     Document Type: Review

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