Ownership, investor protection and earnings expectations

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 247-268

  Dargenidou, Christina ^a   McLeay, Stuart ^b   Raonic, Ivana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting conservatism; Corporate ownership; Earnings forecasts; Investor protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847372067     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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