The impact of IFRS on financial analysts' forecast accuracy in the Asia-Pacific region: The case of Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-146

  Seng Cheong, Chee ^a   Kim, Sujin ^a   Zurbruegg, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial analysis; Financial forecasting; International standards; Pacific region

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857960058     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01140581011074511     Document Type: Article

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