Buy-side analysts, sell-side analysts, and investment decisions of money managers

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-83

  Cheng, Yingmei ^a   Liu, Mark H ^b   Qian, Jun ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33845312682     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109000002428     Document Type: Article

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