Do managers use earnings guidance to influence street earnings exclusions?

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 501-527

  Christensen, Theodore E ^a   Merkley, Kenneth J ^b   Tucker, Jennifer Wu ^c   Venkataraman, Shankar ^d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings guidance; Pro forma guidance; Special items; Street earnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051798687     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-011-9158-3     Document Type: Article

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