Disagreement over the persistence of earnings components: Evidence on the properties of management-specific adjustments to GAAP earnings

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-622

  Choi, Young Soo ^a   Lin, Stephen ^b   Walker, Martin ^c   Young, Steven ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disagreement; Non GAAP earnings; Transitory items

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748901821     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-007-9048-x     Document Type: Article

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