Transitory and persistent earnings components as reflected in analysts' short-term and long-term earnings forecasts: Evidence from a nonlinear model

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-308

  Mest, David P ^a   Plummer, Elizabeth ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysts; Earnings forecasts; Forecast revisions; Nonlinear; Value Line

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347090804     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(98)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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