CROSS‐SECTIONAL DISTRIBUTIONAL PROPERTIES OF FINANCIAL RATIOS IN BELGIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: AGGREGATION EFFECTS AND PERSISTENCE OVER TIME

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Journal of Business Finance & AccountingVolume 13, Issue 3 p. 337-362 CROSS-SECTIONAL DISTRIBUTIONAL PROPERTIES OF FINANCIAL RATIOS IN BELGIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: AGGREGATION EFFECTS AND PERSISTENCE OVER TIME W. Buijink, W. Buijink the authors are respectively, from the Faculty of Economics, University of Limburg, the Netherlands; and the Faculty of Applied Economics, R.U.C.A., University of Antwerp, Belgium. the article was written when the first author was Research Assistant at the Faculty of Applied Economics, R.U.C.A., University of Antwerp, and the second author was a Research Assistant with the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research. They wish to acknowledge the helpful comments of the participants, especially G. Foster, of a workshop at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management in Brussels, on an earlier version of this paper. Constructive comments were also made by B. De Brabander and F.J. Thomson. Any remaining errors are the authors' responsibility.Search for more papers by this authorM. Jegers, M. Jegers the authors are respectively, from the Faculty of Economics, University of Limburg, the Netherlands; and the Faculty of Applied Economics, R.U.C.A., University of Antwerp, Belgium. the article was written when the first author was Research Assistant at the Faculty of Applied Economics, R.U.C.A., University of Antwerp, and the second author was a Research Assistant with the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research. They wish to acknowledge the helpful comments of the participants, especially G. Foster, of a workshop at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management in Brussels, on an earlier version of this paper. Constructive comments were also made by B. De Brabander and F.J. Thomson. Any remaining errors are the authors' responsibility.Search for more papers by this author W. Buijink, W. Buijink the authors are respectively, from the Faculty of Economics, University of Limburg, the Netherlands; and the Faculty of Applied Economics, R.U.C.A., University of Antwerp, Belgium. the article was written when the first author was Research Assistant at the Faculty of Applied Economics, R.U.C.A., University of Antwerp, and the second author was a Research Assistant with the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research. They wish to acknowledge the helpful comments of the participants, especially G. Foster, of a workshop at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management in Brussels, on an earlier version of this paper. Constructive comments were also made by B. De Brabander and F.J. Thomson. Any remaining errors are the authors' responsibility.Search for more papers by this authorM. Jegers, M. Jegers the authors are respectively, from the Faculty of Economics, University of Limburg, the Netherlands; and the Faculty of Applied Economics, R.U.C.A., University of Antwerp, Belgium. the article was written when the first author was Research Assistant at the Faculty of Applied Economics, R.U.C.A., University of Antwerp, and the second author was a Research Assistant with the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research. They wish to acknowledge the helpful comments of the participants, especially G. Foster, of a workshop at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management in Brussels, on an earlier version of this paper. Constructive comments were also made by B. De Brabander and F.J. Thomson. Any remaining errors are the authors' responsibility.Search for more papers by this author First published: September 1986 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5957.1986.tb00501.xCitations: 20AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume13, Issue3September 1986Pages 337-362 RelatedInformation