Analysts' weighting of private and public information

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 319-355

  Chen, Qi ^a   Jiang, Wei ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

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EID: 29344433851     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhj007     Document Type: Review

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