Discussion of: "Acquisition profitability and timely loss recognition" by J. Francis and X. Martin

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 179-183

  Roychowdhury, Sugata ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Announcement returns; Conservatism; FASB; SEC

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249115599     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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