Prospect theory, analyst forecasts, and stock returns

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 425-442

  Ding, David K ^a   Charoenwong, Charlie ^a   Seetoh, Raymond ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Analyst forecasts; Behavioral finance; Earnings growth; Earnings surprise; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043130479     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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