Changes in value relevance of accounting information upon ifrs adoption: Evidence from australia

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-173

  Chalmers, Keryn ^a   Clinch, Greg ^b   Godfrey, Jayne M ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting information; IFRS; value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051984137     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896211404571     Document Type: Article

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