What determine financial analysts' career outcomes during mergers?

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 59-86

  Wu, Joanna Shuang ^a   Zang, Amy Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst quality; Earnings forecast accuracy; I B E S; Merger; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749102142     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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