Corporate data and future cash flows

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 861-903

  Al Attar, Ali ^a   Hussain, Simon ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Armstrong Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accruals; Earnings; FRS1; Operating cash flows; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448981468     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2004.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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