Directional preferences, information processing, and investors' forecasts of earnings

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 607-628

  Hales, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 34247368070     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2007.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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