Trends in analyst earnings forecast properties

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Ciccone, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysts; Earnings forecasts; Earnings management; Forecast accuracy; Forecast dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 11444252107     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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