The impact of split adjusting and rounding on analysts' forecast error calculations

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 277-289

  Baber, William R ^a   Kang, Sok Hyon ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242420214     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2002.16.4.277     Document Type: Article

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