The tendency of earnings estimates to fall

michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Wed Apr 4 09:19:09 PDT 2001


Isn't there a problem with that way of accounting since the compensation and production come in different periods, perhaps years apart?


>
> Christian Gregory wrote:
>
> >Would this have anything to do with the fact that NIPA counts exercised
> >stock options as compensation?
>
> Do they? That doesn't sound right to me - there's no production entry
> to offset the income.
>
> Doug
>

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