International equity valuation: The relative importance of country and industry factors versus company-specific financial reporting information

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 767-814

  Foster, George ^a   Kasznik, Ron ^a   Sidhu, Baljit K ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting harmonisation; Country factors; Financial reporting; G12; G14; Industry factors; International equity valuation; M41

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866020736     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2011.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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