Favorable versus unfavorable recommendations: The impact on analyst access to management-provided information

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 657-689

  Chen, Shuping ^a   Matsumoto, Dawn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 33746191388     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2006.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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