The impact of media attention on the use of alternative earnings measures

Abacus

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-288

  Koning, Miriam ^a   Mertens, Gerard ^a   Roosenboom, Peter ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Event study; Information content; Media attention; Non GAAP earnings; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956128419     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2010.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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