The relationship between the smoothing of reported income and risk-adjusted returns

Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-159

  Michelson, Stuart E ^a   Jordan Wagner, James ^b   Wootton, Charles W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547835880     PISSN: 10550925     EISSN: 19389744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02752709     Document Type: Article

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