Managers' EPS forecasts: Nickeling and diming the market?

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-95

  Bamber, Linda Smith ^a   Hui, Kai Wai ^b   Yeung, P Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heaping; Keyword; Management earnings forecasts; Proprietary information costs; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149131543     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.1.63     Document Type: Review

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