Analysts' Forecasts and Brokerage-Firm Trading

Accounting Review

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-149

  Irvine, Paul J ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brokerage firm trading; Earnings forecasts; Trading incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342266672     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2004.79.1.125     Document Type: Review

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