Fool's gold: Social proof in the initiation and abandonment of coverage by Wall street analysts

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 502-526

  Rao, Hayagreeva ^a   Greve, Henrich R ^a   Davis, Gerald F ^a  

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EID: 0035437930     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3094873     Document Type: Article

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