Implications of components of income excluded from pro forma earnings for future profitability and equity valuation

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 650-675

  Landsman, Wayne R ^a   Miller, Bruce L ^b   Yeh, Shu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Equity evaluation; Mispricing; Pro forma earnings; Residual income

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249824927     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2007.02033.x     Document Type: Article

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