Analysts' forecast revisions and firms' research and development expenses

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-326

  Ho, Li Chin Jennifer ^a   Liu, Chao Shin ^b   Schaefer, Thomas F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysts' forecast revisions; R and D expenses; Revision activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847301587     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11156-006-0013-8     Document Type: Article

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