The value relevance of multiple occurrences of nonrecurring items

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 391-411

  Black, Ervin L ^a   Carnes, Thomas A ^b,d   Richardson, Vernon J ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinued operations; Earnings management; Extraordinary items; Non recurring items; Special items; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749087443     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012054609524     Document Type: Article

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