The relation between a prior earnings forecast by management and analyst response to a current management forecast

Accounting Review

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-115

  Williams, Patricia A ^a  

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Author keywords

Analyst forecast revisions; Forecasting reputation; Management forecast of earnings; Prior forecast usefulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030306683     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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