Consensus, dispersion and security prices

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 209-228

  L'Her, Jean François ^a   Suret, Jean Marc ^b  

^a Ecl des Hautes Etud Commerciales ^*

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0345861321     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1996.tb00498.x     Document Type: Article

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