Rationality and analysts' forecast bias

Journal of Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 369-385

  Lim, Terence ^a  

^a Goldman Sachs Group   (United States)

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EID: 0038845431     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00329     Document Type: Article

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