The value relevance of mandatory non-GAAP earnings

Abacus

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-24

  Venter, Elmar R ^a   Emanuel, David ^b   Cahan, Steven F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Non GAAP earnings; South africa; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897768482     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/abac.12020     Document Type: Article

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