The persistence, forecasting, and valuation implications of the tax change component of earnings

Accounting Review

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 589-616

  Schmidt, Andrew P ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings persistence; Effective tax rates; Market efficiency; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745309161     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2006.81.3.589     Document Type: Review

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