Discussion of "Are special items informative about future profit margins?"

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 237-245

  Frankel, Richard ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings persistence; Forecast horizon; Special items

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349108823     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-009-9091-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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