When Is a Liability Not a Liability? Textual Analysis, Dictionaries, and 10-Ks

Journal of Finance

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-65

  Loughran, Tim ^a   Mcdonald, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 78650979144     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01625.x     Document Type: Article

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