Acquisition profitability and timely loss recognition

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 161-178

  Francis, Jere R ^a   Martin, Xiumin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting conservatism; Acquisitions; Agency costs; Corporate governance; Divestitures; Timely loss recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949118580     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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