The relation between corporate financing activities, analysts' forecasts and stock returns

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 53-85

  Bradshaw, Mark T ^a   Richardson, Scott A ^b   Sloan, Richard G ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital markets; External financing; Market efficiency; Sell side analysts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746883582     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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