The influences of financial statement recognition and analyst coverage on the market's valuation of R&D capital

Accounting Review

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1195-1225

  Kimbrough, Michael D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36749091144     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2007.82.5.1195     Document Type: Article

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