Why New Issues and High-Accrual Firms Underperform: The Role of Analysts' Credulity

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 869-900

  Teoh, Siew Hong ^a   Wong, T J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0036287202     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/15.3.869     Document Type: Article

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