Bond rating agencies and stock analysts: Who knows what when?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 569-585

  Ederington, Louis H ^a   Goh, Jeremy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032277251     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2331132     Document Type: Article

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