Earnings quality and firm valuation: International evidence*

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 467-499

  Gaio, Cristina ^a   Raposo, Clara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Earnings quality; Firm value; G15; Investor protection; M41

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955579605     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2010.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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