Accruals, cash flows and the post-earnings-announcement drift

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-25

  Shivakumar, Lakshmanan ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accruals; Cash flows; Post earnings announcement drift; Under reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645113598     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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