The inefficiency of the mean analyst forecast as a summary forecast of earnings

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 329-335

  Kim, Oliver ^a   Lim, Steve C ^b   Shaw, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035602850     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-679X.00015     Document Type: Article

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