Earnings, cash flows, and ex post intrinsic value of equity

Accounting Review

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 457-481

  Subramanyam, K R ^a   Venkatachalam, Mohan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash flows; Deflator; Earnings; Intrinsic value; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247492095     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2007.82.2.457     Document Type: Article

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