Dynamic portfolio choice with parameter uncertainty and the economic value of analysts' recommendations

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1113-1156

  Cvitanić, Jakša ^a   Lazrak, Ali ^b   Martellini, Lionel ^c   Zapatero, Fernando ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33750443581     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhj039     Document Type: Review

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