Impact of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999 on initial public offering prospectus earnings forecasts

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-94

  Chapple, Larelle ^a   Clarkson, Peter M ^b,c   Peters, Christopher J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Minter Ellison Lawyers   (Australia)

Author keywords

CLERP; Earnings forecasts; Initial public offerings

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944502979     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629x.2004.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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