The effect of insider trading on financial analysts' forecast accuracy and dispersion

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 311-327

  Lustgarten, Steven ^a   Mande, Vivek ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 0039449892     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4254(98)10010-8     Document Type: Article

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