Confirming management earnings forecasts, earnings uncertainty, and stock returns

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 653-679

  Clement, Michael ^a   Frankel, Richard ^c   Miller, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0042475412     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-679X.00119     Document Type: Article

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