Horizon-dependent underreaction in financial analysts' earnings forecasts;Horizon prévisionnel et réaction mitigée des analystes financiers dans leurs prévisions de résultats

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 291-322

  Raedy, Jana Smith ^a   Shane, Philip ^b   Yang, Yanhua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings forecasts; Forecast rationality; Security analysts; Underreaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645696058     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/F2MW-D22D-WNQQ-D034     Document Type: Article

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