An empirical evaluation of analysts' herding behavior following Regulation Fair Disclosure

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-338

  Mensah, Yaw M ^a   Yang, Rong ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst forecasts; Herding behavior; Regulation Fair Disclosure; SEC regulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749113213     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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