On the market reaction to revenue and earnings surprises

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 31-50

  Kama, Itay ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contextual analysis; Earnings surprises; Financial statement analysis; Information content; Post earnings announcement drift; Revenue surprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849107775     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2008.02121.x     Document Type: Article

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