How do analyst recommendations respond to major news?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-49

  Conrad, Jennifer ^a   Cornell, Bradford ^b   Landsman, Wayne R ^a   Rountree, Brian R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845321967     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109000002416     Document Type: Article

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