The benefits of financial statement comparability

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 895-931

  De Franco, Gus ^a   Kothari, S P ^b   Verdi, Rodrigo S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79960432635     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2011.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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