The valuation accuracy of the price-earnings and price-book benchmark valuation methods

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 349-370

  Agnes Cheng, C S ^a   McNamara, R A Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Firm valuation; Price book; Price earnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549020062     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1012050524545     Document Type: Article

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