The ''Review of Accounting Studies'' (RAST) is a quarterly

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covering topics in the field of

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that includes theoretical, empirical, and experimental research. RAST prioritizes processing submitted manuscripts and aims to provide authors with accept-reject decisions early in the review process. As a result, most accepted manuscripts receive a decision following the initial submission or first revision. RAST was established in 1994 by a group founding editors including Gerald Feltham, John S. Hughes, James Ohlson, Stefan Reichelstein, and Stephen Penman. It is published by

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2011

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of 2.022, ranking it 10th out of 86 journals in the category "Business, Finance".

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