Valuation of loss firms in a knowledge-based economy

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-93

  Darrough, Masako ^a   Ye, Jianming ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting conservatism; Loss firms; R D expensing; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947391755     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-006-9022-z     Document Type: Article

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