Do Income Smoothing Practices Explain the Lower Earnings-Price Ratio of Japanese Firms Compared to Those of the U.S. Firms?

This study examines the variation in earnings-price ratios across Japanese and U.S. firms. The earnings-price ratio is one of the indicators often used by investors to determine their trading strategy. Previous literature document that Japanese firms have consistently lower earnings-price ratios tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Indra Wijaya Kusuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Gadjah Mada 2005-01-01
Series:Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business
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Online Access:https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/gamaijb/article/view/5564