The impact of analysts' forecast errors and forecast revisions on stock prices

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 35, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 709-740

  Beaver, William ^a   Cornell, Bradford ^b   Landsman, Wayne R ^c   Stubben, Stephen R ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings surprise; Forecast errors; Forecast revisions; Fourth quarter; Stock returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349108514     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2008.02079.x     Document Type: Article

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