Factors affecting earnings forecast revisions for the buy-side and sell-side analyst

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 112-121

  Williams, Patricia A ^a   Moyes, Glen D ^b   Park, Kyungjoo ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0042225093     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
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