Are Financial Analysts' Forecasts of Corporate Profits Rational?

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 768-805

  Keane, Michael P ^a   Runkle, David E ^a  

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EID: 0001660451     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250029     Document Type: Article

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