Do analysts and investors fully understand the persistence of the items excluded from Street earnings?

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-69

  Chen, Chih Ying ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Analyst forecast; Nonrecurring items; Regulation G; Street earnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950461250     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-008-9079-y     Document Type: Article

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