An Empirical Analysis of Analysts' Target Prices: Short-term Informativeness and Long-term Dynamics

Journal of Finance

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1933-1968

  Brav, Alon ^a   Lehavy, Reuven ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0142219302     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6261.00593     Document Type: Review

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