An analysis of stock recommendations

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 183-203

  Morgan, John ^a   Stocken, Phillip C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037362134     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3087449     Document Type: Article

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