Analysts' selective coverage and subsequent performance of newly public firms

Journal of Finance

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1159-1185

  Das, Somnath ^a   Guo, Re Jin ^a   Zhang, Huai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33745700762     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2006.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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