Underwriting relationships, analysts' earnings forecasts and investment recommendations

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-127

  Lin, Hsiou Wei ^a   McNichols, Maureen F ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst forecasts; Capital markets; G14; G24; Incentives; Information; M4; Market efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001250001     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(98)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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