Information uncertainty and post-earnings-announcement-drift

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 403-433

  Francis, Jennifer ^a   Lafond, Ryan ^b   Olsson, Per ^a,c   Schipper, Katherine ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal returns; Anomalies; Earnings quality; Information uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249827605     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2007.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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