Economic consequences of financial reporting changes: Diluted EPS and contingent convertible securities

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 487-523

  Marquardt, Carol A ^a   Wiedman, Christine I ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Convertible securities; Diluted EPS; Economic consequences; Executive compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748867149     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-007-9040-5     Document Type: Article

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