Do investors forecast fat firms? Evidence from the gold-mining industry

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 626-647

  Borenstein, Severin ^a   Farrell, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 41749103367     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0741-6261.2007.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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