An Approach to Adjusting Analysts' Consensus Forecasts for Selection Bias

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-83

  Hayes, Rachel M ^a   Levine, Carolyn B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0348246683     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2000.tb00911.x     Document Type: Article

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