On the Misuse of Accounting Rates of Return to Infer Monopoly Profits

作者: Franklin M. Fisher , John J. Mcgowan

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关键词: Internal rate of returnInvestment performanceReturn of capitalReturn on capital employedAccounting information systemHolding period returnAccounting rate of returnCost of capitalAccountingEconomics

摘要: Accounting rates of return are frequently used as indices of monopoly power and market performance by economists and lawyers.'Such a procedure is valid only to the extent that profits …

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