Management earnings forecasts: A review and framework

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-338

  Hirst, D Eric ^a   Koonce, Lisa ^a   Venkataraman, Shankar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 52649103041     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2008.22.3.315     Document Type: Article

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