Accounting Conservatism and the Valuation of Accounting Numbers: Evidence on the Feltham-Ohlson (1996) Model

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-292

  Ahmed, Anwer S ^a   Morton, Richard M ^b   Schaefer, Thomas F ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84990345125     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X0001500305     Document Type: Review

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