Which types of analyst firms are more optimistic?

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 119-146

  Cowen, Amanda ^a   Groysberg, Boris ^a   Healy, Paul ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst forecast optimism; Analysts' incentives; Earnings forecasts; Target prices; Types of security firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644674332     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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