The relevance of analysts' earnings forecasts in Japan

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 32, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1437-1463

  Covrig, Vicentiu ^a   Low, Buen Sin ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accounting disclosure; Analysts; Earning forecasts; Informativeness; Japan; Keiretsu; Returns and earnings; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844448196     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2005.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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