Changes over time in the revenue-expense relation: Accounting or economics?

Accounting Review

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 945-974

  Donelson, Dain C ^a   Jennings, Ross ^a   Mclnnis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings persistence; Earnings volatility; Matching; Special items

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958176867     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.00000046     Document Type: Article

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