When do firms revalue their assets upwards? Evidence from the UK

International Journal of Accounting & Information Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-188

  Agnes Cheng, C S ^a   Lin, Stephen W j ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset valuation; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993089396     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18347640911001212     Document Type: Article

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