The Relation between Analysts' Forecasts of Long-Term Earnings Growth and Stock Price Performance Following Equity Offerings

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-32

  Dechow, Patricia M ^a   Hutton, Amy P ^b   Sloan, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003188650     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2000.tb00908.x     Document Type: Article

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