Is analyst forecast accuracy associated with accounting information use?

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-16

  McEwen, Ruth Ann ^a   Hunton, James E ^b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting information use; Analyst's earnings forecasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001878576     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.1999.13.1.1     Document Type: Article

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