Earnings persistence

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 182-190

  Frankel, Richard ^a   Litov, Lubomir ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749105545     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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