Differential market reactions to revenue and expense surprises

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 185-211

  Ertimur, Yonca ^a   Livnat, Joshua ^a   Martikainen, Minna ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAUREA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Revenue forecasts; Sales and expense surprises; Value growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042690966     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1024409311267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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