An analysis of private versus public firm valuations and the contribution of financial experts

International Journal of Accounting

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-412

  Elnathan, Dan ^a   Gavious, Ilanit ^b   Hauser, Shmuel ^c  

^a College of Management ^*  (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Financial experts; Firm valuation; Private company discount; Valuation multiples; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649686849     PISSN: 00207063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intacc.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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