Taxable income, future earnings, and equity values

Accounting Review

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1039-1074

  Lev, Baruch ^a   Nissim, Doron ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Deferred taxes; Earnings management; Earnings quality; Market efficiency; Taxable income

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744318686     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2004.79.4.1039     Document Type: Review

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