Expertise in forecasting performance of security analysts

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-82

  Jacob, John ^a   Lys, Thomas Z ^b   Neale, Margaret A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysts' forecasts; G14; G24; G29; M41

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001908433     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(99)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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