Empirical Studies in Financial Accounting

Incremental Information Content of Earnings and Cash Flows from Operation and Their Extremity: Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Gholamreza Karami 1
Ali E. Kordlar 2
Mohamad Sadegh Ghaznavi

1 Associate Professor in Accounting, University of Tehran, Iran.Ghkarami@ut.ac.ir

2 Assistance Professor in Accounting, University of Tehran, Iran

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  • Receive Date 11 March 2014
  • Revise Date 11 December 2013
  • Accept Date 05 July 2014

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