Book-tax conformity, earnings persistence and the association between earnings and future cash flows

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-125

  Atwood, T J ^a   Drake, Michael S ^b   Myers, Linda A ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Book tax conformity; Book tax differences; Earnings persistence; Future cash flows; Usefulness of earnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950957341     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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