Earnings and stock returns: evidence from Germany

European Accounting Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 589-603

  Booth, G Geoffrey ^a   Broussard, John ^b   Loistl, Otto ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

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EID: 77956963561     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638189700000002     Document Type: Article

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