Going, Going, Gone? The apparent demise of the accruals anomaly

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 797-816

  Green, Jeremiah ^a   Hand, John R M ^b   Soliman, Mark T ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accruals anomaly; Hedge funds; Market efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACCRUALS ANOMALY; CASH FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEDGE FUNDS; MARKET EFFICIENCY; STOCK MARKET; STOCK PRICE; TRADING VOLUMES;

COMMERCE;

FENCES;

EID: 79956127742     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1320     Document Type: Article

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