The effects of experience and a decision aid on the slope, scatter, and bias of earnings forecasts

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-121

  Whitecotton, Stacey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 0030121907     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1996.0042     Document Type: Article

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