The Implications of Using Stock-Split Adjusted I/B/E/S Data in Empirical Research

Accounting Review

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1049-1067

  Payne, Jeff L ^a   Thomas, Wayne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysts' forecast errors; Dispersion; Earnings; Earnings announcement returns; Earnings changes; Misclassification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242511197     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2003.78.4.1049     Document Type: Article

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