Do brokerage analysts' recommendations have investment value?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-167

  Womack, Kent L ^a  

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EID: 0011183261     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1996.tb05205.x     Document Type: Article

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