Information content of equity analyst reports

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-282

  Asquith, Paul ^a   Mikhail, Michael B ^b   Au, Andrea S ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State Street Global Advisors ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings forecasts; Price targets; Security analysts; Stock recommendations

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144275751     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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