Intangible assets, IFRS and analysts' earnings forecasts

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 691-721

  Chalmers, Keryn ^a   Clinch, Greg ^b   Godfrey, Jayne M ^c   Wei, Zi ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Analysts' forecasts; Intangible assets; International financial reporting standards; M40; M41

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866040754     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2011.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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