Delisting returns and their effect on accounting-based market anomalies

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 341-368

  Beaver, William ^a   McNichols, Maureen ^a   Price, Richard ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Accruals; Anomalies; Delisting returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249044887     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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