The interdependent use of earnings and dividends in financial analysts' earnings forecasts

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 435-456

  Ely, Kirsten M ^a   Mande, Vivek ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 0008680948     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1996.tb00510.x     Document Type: Article

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