On the relation between predictable market returns and predictable analyst forecast errors

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 266-291

  Hughes, John ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Su, Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fuller and Thaler Asset Management Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst forecast; Market inefficiency; Stock market anomaly

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449091506     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-007-9065-9     Document Type: Article

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