The usefulness of earnings in explaining stock returns in an emerging market: the case of Cyprus

European Accounting Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-124

  Vafeas, Nikos ^a   Trigeorgis, Lenos ^b   Georgiou, Xenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (Cyprus)

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EID: 8744241807     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096381898336600     Document Type: Article

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