Do investors under-react to information in analysts' earnings forecasts?

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 35, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 889-911

  Brown Jr , William D ^a   Pfeiffer Jr , Ray J ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Deflators; Forecasts; Mis pricing; Share price

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749097470     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2008.02084.x     Document Type: Article

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