Financial analysts' forecast accuracy and dispersion: High-tech versus low-tech stocks

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-91

  Kwon, Sung S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Analysts; Dispersion; High tech; Low tech

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646383019     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015730325706     Document Type: Article

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