Investor learning about analyst predictive ability

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-24

  Chen, Qi ^a   Francis, Jennifer ^a   Jiang, Wei ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian learning; Forecasting ability; Investor rationality; Security analysts

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844299177     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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