Value of analyst recommendations: International evidence

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-309

  Jegadeesh, Narasimhan ^a,b   Kim, Woojin ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analyst recommendations; Conflicts of interest; International financial markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746211548     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finmar.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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