A Positive Model of Earnings Forecasts: Top Down versus Bottom Up

Journal of Business

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 127-152

  Darrough, Masako N ^b   Russell, Thomas ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0141908236     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323507     Document Type: Article

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