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Instead of employing capital markets research techniques (e.g., event studies) why dont we just ask investors how they would react to a hypothetical event? Why dont we ask managers why they make specific accounting changes?

Instead of employing capital markets research techniques (e.g., event studies) why don’t we just ask investors how they would react to a hypothetical event? Why don’t we ask managers why they make specific accounting changes?

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