Editorial

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This double issue contains papers presented at a conference entitled, Uses of Accounting Data for Firm Valuation and Performance Measurement, which was held at the W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ in October, 2007. Review of Accounting Studies Editor James Ohlson organized this conference. We would like to thank him, his staff and his colleagues, especially Charles Christian and Michael Mikhail, for their help and hospitality. We also thank the W.P. Carey School of Business for its financial assistance. Cambridge Business Publishers provided additional financial assistance for which we are also grateful. Finally, our thanks go to the paper discussants for their insightful comments. Their discussions are published alongside the papers in this issue. …