FAIRFIELD, PATRICIA M.; RAMNATH, SUNDARESH; YOHN, TERI … - In: Journal of Accounting Research 47 (2009) 1, pp. 147-178
<heading id="h1" level="1" implicit="yes" format="display">ABSTRACT</heading>Prior research documents mean reversion in firm profitability and growth under the implicit assumption that profitability and growth of all firms revert to a common benchmark at the same rate. However, a large body of academic research suggests that there are systematic interindustry...