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Predicting Material Accounting Misstatements

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming, AAA 2008 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 30 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 24 May 2010

Patricia M. Dechow, Weili Ge, Chad R. Larson and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Houston - Department of Accountancy & Taxation and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 67

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Information in Accruals About the Quality of Earnings

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Aug 2001

Scott A. Richardson, Richard G. Sloan, Mark T. Soliman and A. Irem Tuna

AQR Capital Management, LLC, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and London Business School

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Citation 21

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Accrual Reliability, Earnings Persistence and Stock Prices

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 39, No. 3, September 2005

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Mar 2004

Scott A. Richardson, Richard G. Sloan, Mark T. Soliman and A. Irem Tuna

AQR Capital Management, LLC, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and London Business School

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Citation 159

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Earnings Surprises, Growth Expectations, and Stock Returns: Don't Let an Earnings Torpedo Sink Your Portfolio

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 28 Jul 1999

Douglas J. Skinner and Richard G. Sloan

The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 305

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Detecting Earnings Management: A New Approach

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 07 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2011

Patricia M. Dechow, Amy P. Hutton, Jung Hoon Kim and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, Boston College - Carroll School of Management, San Francisco State University - College of Business and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 681

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Earnings Quality and Financial Reporting Credibility: An Empirical Investigation

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Aug 1999

Mark T Bradshaw, Scott A. Richardson and Richard G. Sloan

Boston College, AQR Capital Management, LLC and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

Downloads 4,238 (1,539)

Citation 13

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Short Interests, Fundamental Analysis, and Stock Returns

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Jul 1999

Patricia M. Dechow, Amy P. Hutton, Lisa K. Meulbroek and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 136

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Financial Accounting and Corporate Governance: A Discussion

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Financial Accounting and Corporate Governance: A Discussion

JAE Rochester Conference April 2000

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Feb 2001

Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Financial Accounting and Corporate Governance: A Discussion

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 32, Nos. 1-3, December 2001

Posted: 23 Oct 2001

Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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External Financing and Future Stock Returns

Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Paper No. 03-03

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 03 Apr 2003

Scott A. Richardson and Richard G. Sloan

AQR Capital Management, LLC and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 38

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Has Goodwill Accounting Gone Bad?

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 03 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2017

Kevin K. Li and Richard G. Sloan

University of California, Riverside (UCR) - UCR School of Business Administration (SoBA) and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 9

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The Accrual Anomaly

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Mar 2011

Patricia M. Dechow, Natalya V. Khimich and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, Drexel University and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Implied Equity Duration: A New Measure of Equity Security Risk

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Implied Equity Duration: A New Measure of Equity Security Risk

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 13 Jun 2004

Patricia M. Dechow, Richard G. Sloan and Mark T. Soliman

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Implied Equity Duration: A New Measure of Equity Security Risk

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 03 Jul 2001

Patricia M. Dechow, Richard G. Sloan and Mark T. Soliman

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Implied Equity Duration: A New Measure of Equity Security Risk

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2-3, pp. 197-228, June-September 2004

Posted: 13 Jun 2004

Mark T. Soliman, Patricia M. Dechow and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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The Implications of Accounting Distortions and Growth for Accruals and Profitability

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The Implications of Accounting Distortions and Growth for Accruals and Profitability

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 26 Mar 2004

Scott A. Richardson, Richard G. Sloan, Mark T. Soliman and A. Irem Tuna

AQR Capital Management, LLC, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and London Business School

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Citation 32

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The Implications of Accounting Distortions and Growth for Accruals and Profitability

Accounting Review, May 2006

Posted: 14 Dec 2005

Scott A. Richardson, Richard G. Sloan, Mark T. Soliman and A. Irem Tuna

AQR Capital Management, LLC, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and London Business School

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Gaap Versus the Street: An Empirical Assessment of Two Alternative Definitions of Earnings

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Gaap Versus the Street: An Empirical Assessment of Two Alternative Definitions of Earnings

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 25 Aug 2000

Mark T Bradshaw, Matthew Moberg and Richard G. Sloan

Boston College, Franklin Resources, Inc. and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Gaap Versus the Street: An Empirical Assessment of Two Alternative Definitions of Earnings

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 2002

Posted: 20 Aug 2002 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2010

Mark T Bradshaw and Richard G. Sloan

Boston College and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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The Persistence and Pricing of the Cash Component of Earnings

20th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference 2007 Paper

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 Jan 2005

Patricia M. Dechow, Scott A. Richardson and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, AQR Capital Management, LLC and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 33

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Pump and Dump: An Empirical Analysis of the Relation between Corporate Financing Activities and Sell-Side Analyst Research

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 May 2003

Mark T Bradshaw, Scott A. Richardson and Richard G. Sloan

Boston College, AQR Capital Management, LLC and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 33

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The Relation between Analysts' Forecasts of Long-Term Earnings Growth and Stock Price Performance Following Equity Offerings

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Jul 1999

Patricia M. Dechow, Amy P. Hutton and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, Boston College - Carroll School of Management and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 135

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What Makes Stock Prices Move? Fundamentals vs. Investor Recognition

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What Makes Stock Prices Move? Fundamentals vs. Investor Recognition

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2014

Scott A. Richardson, Richard G. Sloan and Haifeng You

AQR Capital Management, LLC, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Accounting

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What Makes Stock Prices Move? Fundamentals vs. Investor Recognition

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 68, No. 2, 2012

Posted: 26 Mar 2012

Scott A. Richardson, Richard G. Sloan and Haifeng You

AQR Capital Management, LLC, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Accounting

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Stock Prices and Earnings: A History of Research

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 6: 343 -363 (Volume publication date December 2014).

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2015

Patricia M. Dechow, Richard G. Sloan and Jenny Zha Giedt

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and George Washington University - School of Business

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Investor Recognition and Stock Returns

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1021

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Oct 2005

Reuven Lehavy and Richard G. Sloan

University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 30

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Accrual Reversals, Earnings and Stock Returns

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2015

Eric J. Allen, Chad R. Larson and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Houston - Department of Accountancy & Taxation and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

Downloads 1,400 (7,686)

Citation 10

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Balance Sheet Information and Future Stock Returns

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Jul 2006

Scott A. Richardson, Richard G. Sloan and A. Irem Tuna

AQR Capital Management, LLC, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and London Business School

Downloads 1,207 (12,386)

Citation 4

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The Relation between Corporate Financing Activities, Analysts' Forecasts and Stock Returns

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 May 2006

Mark T Bradshaw, Scott A. Richardson and Richard G. Sloan

Boston College, AQR Capital Management, LLC and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Citation 78

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A Framework for Value Investing

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A Framework for Value Investing

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Aug 2013

Richard G. Sloan, Seungmin Chee and Aydin Uysal

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, Korea University and Menta Capital LLC.

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A Framework for Value Investing

Australian Journal of Management, Vol. 38, No. 3, 2013

Posted: 12 Dec 2013

Seungmin Chee, Richard G. Sloan and Aydin Uysal

Korea University, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Menta Capital LLC.

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Navigating Stock Price Crashes

Journal of Portfolio Management, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2016

Posted: 02 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2016

B. Korcan Ak, Steven Rossi, Richard G. Sloan and Scott Tracy

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, RS Investments, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and RS Investments

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Non-Discretionary Conservatism: Evidence and Implications

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 56, No. 2-3 (Supplement), 2013

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 14 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2014

Alastair Lawrence, Richard G. Sloan and Estelle Sun

London Business School / University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Boston University - Questrom School of Business

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Why Are Losses Less Persistent than Profits? Curtailments versus Conservatism

Management Science, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2016

Alastair Lawrence, Richard G. Sloan and Estelle Sun

London Business School / University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Boston University - Questrom School of Business

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On the Pricing of Mandatory DCF Disclosures: Evidence from Oil and Gas Royalty Trusts

The Accounting Review, November 2016

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2015

Panos N. Patatoukas, Richard G. Sloan and Jenny Zha Giedt

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and George Washington University - School of Business

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Wealth Transfers via Equity Transactions

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2015

Richard G. Sloan and Haifeng You

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Accounting

Downloads 199 (40,712)

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Who's the Fairest of Them All? Evidence from Closed-End Funds

Accounting Review, Vol. 91 No. 1, 2016

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2016

Alastair Lawrence, Subprasiri Siriviriyakul and Richard G. Sloan

London Business School / University of California, Berkeley, City University of New York - Stan Ross Department of Accountancy and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Is It a Home Run? Measuring Relative Citation Rates in Accounting Research

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2016

Patricia M. Dechow, Richard G. Sloan and Jean Zeng

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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Fundamental Analysis Redux

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 May 2018

Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Financial Reporting Fraud and Other Forms of Misconduct: A Multidisciplinary Review of the Literature

Review of Accounting Studies, 2018, Vol 23(2), 732-783, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 17-87

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 22 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 25 May 2018

Dan Amiram, Zahn Bozanic, James D. Cox, Quentin Dupont, Jonathan M. Karpoff and Richard G. Sloan

Columbia Business School - Accounting, Business Law & Taxation, Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business, Duke University School of Law, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Defining, Measuring and Modeling Accruals: A Guide for Researchers

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 15 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2018

Chad R. Larson, Richard G. Sloan and Jenny Zha Giedt

University of Houston - Department of Accountancy & Taxation, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and George Washington University - School of Business

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Short-Sales Constraints and Aftermarket IPO Pricing

27th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting Paper

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2018

Panos N. Patatoukas, Richard G. Sloan and Annika Wang

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and University of Houston - Bauer College of Business

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Facts About Formulaic Value Investing

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 73, No. 2, 2017

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 27 May 2017

U-Wen Kok, Jason Ribando and Richard G. Sloan

RS Investments, BlackRock and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

Downloads 0 (4,840)

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Stock Prices and Earnings: A History of Research

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 6, pp. 343-363, 2014

Posted: 25 Nov 2014

Patricia M. Dechow, Richard G. Sloan and Jenny Zha Giedt

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and George Washington University - School of Business

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The Effect of Restructuring Charges on Executives' Cash Compensation

Accounting Review, Vol. 69, No. 1 (January 1994), pp. 138-156, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-212

Posted: 26 May 2013 Last Revised: 30 May 2013

Patricia M. Dechow, Mark R. Huson and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Accounting for Employee Stock Options

American Economic Review, Forthcoming

Posted: 07 Mar 2003

Wayne R. Guay, S.P. Kothari and Richard G. Sloan

University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Do Analysts and Auditors Use Information in Accruals?

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 45-74, June 2001

Posted: 03 Dec 2001

Mark T Bradshaw, Scott A. Richardson and Richard G. Sloan

Boston College, AQR Capital Management, LLC and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Detecting Earnings Management

Posted: 26 Aug 1999

Patricia M. Dechow, Richard G. Sloan and Amy P. Hutton

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Boston College - Carroll School of Management

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Causes and Consequences of Aggressive Financial Reporting Policies

Posted: 28 Jul 1999

Patricia M. Dechow, Richard G. Sloan and Amy P. Hutton

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Boston College - Carroll School of Management

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Another Look at the Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns

Journal of Finance, Vol. 50, No. 1, March 1995

Posted: 14 Apr 1999

Jay A. Shanken and Richard G. Sloan

Emory University - Goizueta Business School and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Implications of the Integral Approach to Quarterly Reporting for the Post-Earnings-Accouncement Drift

The Accounting Review, July 1998

Posted: 02 Feb 1999

Srinivasan Rangan and Richard G. Sloan

Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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The CAPM: 'Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated'

FR 95-21

Posted: 20 Jul 1998

S.P. Kothari, Jay A. Shanken and Richard G. Sloan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Emory University - Goizueta Business School and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Do Stock Prices Fully Reflect Information in Accruals and Cash Flows About Future Earnings?

THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW, Vol 71, No 3, Spring 1996

Posted: 05 Jul 1998

Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Causes and Consequences of Earnings Manipulation: An Analysis of Firms Subject to Enforcement Actions by the Sec

CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, Vol 13, No 2, Spring 1996

Posted: 28 Jun 1998

Patricia M. Dechow, Richard G. Sloan and Amy P. Hutton

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Boston College - Carroll School of Management

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Lack of Timeliness and Noise as Explanations for the Low Contemporaneous Return-Earnings Association

Rochester Working Paper No. FR 94-03

Posted: 25 Apr 1998

Daniel W. Collins, S.P. Kothari, Jay A. Shanken and Richard G. Sloan

University of Iowa - Department of Accounting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Emory University - Goizueta Business School and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Implications of Nondiscretionary Accruals for Earnings Management and Market-Based Research

Posted: 04 Aug 1997

Patricia M. Dechow, Jowell S. Sabino and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Returns to Contrarian Investment: Tests of the Naive Expectations Hypotheses

Posted: 06 Jul 1995

Patricia M. Dechow and Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

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Economic Consequences of Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation: An Analysis of Investor Perceptions and Corporate Lobbing Behavior

Posted: 29 May 1995

Patricia M. Dechow, Richard G. Sloan and Amy P. Hutton

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and Boston College - Carroll School of Management

Richard G. Sloan

University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting

University of California, Berkeley - Accounting Group

Emile R. Niemela Chair in Accounting and International Business

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