Earnings predictability and bias in analysts' earnings forecasts

Accounting Review

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-294

  Das, Somnath ^a   Levine, Carolyn B ^b   Sivaramakrishnan, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Earnings forecasts; Earnings predictability; Forecast bias; Forecast optimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032220238     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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