Investment opportunity set influence on goodwill amortisation

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-79

  Bradbury, Michael ^a   Godfrey, Jayne M ^b   Koh, Ping Sheng ^c  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

accounting choice; contracting; growth options; investment opportunity set

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844486814     PISSN: 16081625     EISSN: 21642257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2003.10510615     Document Type: Article

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