Earnings quality at initial public offerings

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 324-349

  Ball, Ray ^a   Shivakumar, Lakshmanan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accruals; Conservatism; Earnings management; Earnings quality; IPO

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049091405     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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