Information content and value relevance of depreciation: A cross-industry analysis

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 227-260

  Kang, Sok Hyon ^a   Zhao, Yuping ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting depreciation; Economic depreciation; Funds from operations; REIT; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149175129     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.1.227     Document Type: Review

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