Dispersion of analysts' forecasts and the profitability of trading strategies around the preannouncement

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-79

  Chahine, Salim ^a  

^a AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Earnings Forecasts; Preannouncement; Price changes; Trading strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344196702     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-444X(03)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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