Credibility of management forecasts

Accounting Review

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1233-1260

  Rogers, Jonathan L ^a   Stocken, Phillip C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Management forecast credibility; Management incentives; Rational expectations; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844536188     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2005.80.4.1233     Document Type: Review

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