Separating facts from forecasts in financial statements

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-282

  Glover, Jonathan C ^a   Ijiri, Yuji ^a   Levine, Carolyn B ^a   Liang, Pierre Jinghong ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751096180     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2005.19.4.267     Document Type: Note

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