Who herds?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 657-675

  Bernhardt, Dan ^a   Campello, Murillo ^b   Kutsoati, Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrarian behavior; Earnings forecasting; Econometric test; Financial analysts; Herding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646528458     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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