Using Forecasting Criteria to Identify Value Relevance in the Relationship Between Accounting Numbers and Market Value

Abacus

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 316-347

  Alexander, David R ^a   Falta, Michael ^a   Willett, Roger J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital market research; Dynamic modelling; Error correction; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865748703     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2012.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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