Distressed firms and the secular deterioration in usefulness of accounting information

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-303

  Joseph, George ^a   Lipka, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting earnings; Book values; Cash flows; Financial distress; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344458495     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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