Accruals and Future Stock Returns: Tests of the Naïve Investor Hypothesis

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-181

  Ali, Ashiq ^a   Trombley, Mark A ^a   Hwang, Lee Seok ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84990386611     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X0001500204     Document Type: Review

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