Persistence of quarterly earnings: an empirical investigation in Brazil

The aim of this paper is to estimate and analyze quarterly earnings persistence. In addition, we explore if earnings persistence varies across firms based on size and corporate governance standards. We first estimate the parameter revision of earnings and then we test the hypotheses that the paramet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: RenĂȘ Coppe Pimentel, Andson Braga de Aguiar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: FUCAPE Business School 2012-01-01
Series:BBR: Brazilian Business Review
Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123040843002