Mandatory IFRS adoption and its impact on analysts' forecasts

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-63

  Jiao, Tao ^a   Koning, Miriam ^a   Mertens, Gerard ^a   Roosenboom, Peter ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analysts' forecasts; International Financial Reporting Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855743861     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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