Unintended effects of preannouncements on investor reactions to earnings news;Les répercussions non intentionnelles des annonces préalables sur les réactions des investisseurs à l'information sur les résultats

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1073-1103

  Miller, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings announcements; Earnings forecasts; Preannouncements; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845620436     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/NX14-108L-581W-1Q00     Document Type: Article

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