Are forecasts of corporate profits rational? A note and further evidence

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 617-626

  El Galfy, Ahmed M ^a   Forbes, William P ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate profits; Forecasts; Industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342975458     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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