The economics of conflicts of interest in financial institutions

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-296

  Mehran, Hamid ^a   Stulz, René M ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst; Analyst bias; Analyst forecast; Analyst optimism; Analyst recommendation; Bank; Banking relationship; Conflicts of interest; Financial institution; Institutional investor; Investment bank; Mutual fund; Underwriting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447624498     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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