Management forecasts: What do we know?

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-62

  Coller, Maribeth ^a   Yohn, Teri Lombardi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010646971     PISSN: 0015198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v54.n1.2145     Document Type: Article

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