Earnings quality and stock returns

Journal of Business

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1041-1082

  Chan, Konan ^a,b   Chan, Louis K C ^c,d   Jegadeesh, Narasimhan ^e   Lakonishok, Josef ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33644913777     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500669     Document Type: Review

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