Corporate disclosure policy and analyst behavior

Accounting Review

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 467-492

  Lang, Mark H ^a   Lundholm, Russell J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analysts' forecasts; Capital markets; Discretionary disclosure; Financial analysts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030305317     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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