Precision in accounting information, financial leverage and the value of equity

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 34, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1099-1122

  Feltham, Glenn ^a   Robb, Sean ^b   Zhang, Ping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting precision; Leverage; Value of equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148863406     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2007.02027.x     Document Type: Article

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