Post-earnings announcement drift and market participants' information processing biases

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 321-345

  Liang, Lihong ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast dispersion; Market efficiency; Non Bayesian behavior; Overconfidence; Post earnings announcement drift; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843115561     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1024477831740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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