Assessing the impact of alternative fair value measures on the efficiency of project selection and continuation

Accounting Review

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 483-512

  Caskey, Judson ^a   Hughes, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting conservatism; Covenants; Debt; Fair value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870589987     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-10201     Document Type: Article

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