Market reaction to and valuation of IFRS reconciliation adjustments: First evidence from the UK

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 725-751

  Horton, Joanne ^a   Serafeim, George ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Event study; Information; International Financial Reporting Standards; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649636029     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-009-9108-5     Document Type: Article

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