Analysts' forecasts of Taiwanese firms' earnings: Some empirical evidence

Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 571-597

  Ho, Li Chin Jennifer ^a   Tsay, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Analysts' forecasts; Bias; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; FORECASTING METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 10144257900     PISSN: 02190915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219091504000238     Document Type: Article

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