Across-sample Incomparability of R2s and Additional Evidence on Value Relevance Changes Over Time
Preprint
- 1 January 2002
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
Given the increasing popularity of across-sample R2 comparisons in accounting research, this paper illustrates why the regression R2s are incomparable across saKeywords
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