The persistence and market valuation of recurring nonrecurring items

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1577-1615

  Cready, William ^a   Lopez, Thomas J ^b   Sisneros, Craig A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency; Market value; Nonrecurring items; Persistence; Restructuring; Special items

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958484256     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.5.1577     Document Type: Review

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