The information content of forward- looking statements in corporate filings-A naïve bayesian machine learning approach

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1049-1102

  Li, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 78649432874     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2010.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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