The role of expectations in explaining the cross-section of stock returns

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 149-188

  Copeland, Tom ^a   Dolgoff, Aaron ^b   Moel, Alberto ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analyst expectations; Cross section of returns; Earnings growth; Expectations based management; Noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843065614     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:rast.0000028184.06279.57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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