Effects of preannouncements on analyst and stock price reactions to earnings news

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-275

  Miller, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Preannouncements; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244402872     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11156-005-6866-4     Document Type: Article

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