Financial analyst characteristics and herding behavior in forecasting

Journal of Finance

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 307-341

  Clement, Michael B ^a   Tse, Senyo Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 12344331830     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00731.x     Document Type: Review

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