Accounting for good news and accounting for bad news: Some empirical evidence from the Czech Republic

European Accounting Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 635-655

  Jindrichovska, Irena ^a   Mcleay, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993039506     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963818042000336764     Document Type: Article

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