Analyzing the Analysts: Career Concerns and Biased Earnings Forecasts

Journal of Finance

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 313-351

  Hong, Harrison ^b   Kubik, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0013468441     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6261.00526     Document Type: Review

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