IFRS adoption and analysts' earnings forecasts: Australian evidence

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 395-419

  Cotter, Julie ^a   Tarca, Ann ^b   Wee, Marvin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

AASB 1047 and AASB 101 IFRS transition disclosure; Analysts' forecasts error and dispersion; International financial reporting standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859939138     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2010.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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