Does the form of management's earnings guidance affect analysts' earnings forecasts?

Accounting Review

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 207-225

  Libby, Robert ^a   Tan, Hun Tong ^b   Hunton, James E ^c,d  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analyst forecasts; Earnings guidance; Forecast form; Management forecasts; Preannouncements

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644699047     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2006.81.1.207     Document Type: Review

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