The media and mispricing: The role of the business press in the pricing of accounting information

Accounting Review

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1673-1701

  Drake, Michael S ^a   Guest, Nicholas M ^b   Twedt, Brady J ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accrual anomaly; Business press; Cash flow anomaly; Information creation; Information dissemination; Mispricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962766931     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-50757     Document Type: Article

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