Assessing methods of identifying management forecasts: CIG vs. researcher collected

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-42

  Chuk, Elizabeth ^a   Matsumoto, Dawn ^b   Miller, Gregory S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting disclosure; CIG; Forecasts; Management guidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872768560     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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