How much new information is there in earnings?

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 975-1016

  Ball, Ray ^a   Shivakumar, Lakshmanan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54249146139     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2008.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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