Predicting earnings using a model based on cost variability and cost stickiness

Accounting Review

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-307

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a   Chen, Lei ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst forecasts; Cost variability; Earnings forecasts; Fixed costs; Market association; Predictive content; Sticky costs; Variable costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645943754     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2006.81.2.285     Document Type: Review

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