The cross section of analyst recommendations

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-168

  Sorescu, Sorin ^a   Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33746222503     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109000002453     Document Type: Article

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