Have Earnings Announcements Lost Information Content?

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-153

  Buchheit, Steve ^a   Kohlbeck, Mark ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84990330585     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X0201700203     Document Type: Article

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