The predictive content of aggregate analyst recommendations

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 799-821

  Howe, John S ^a   Unlu, Emre ^b   Yan, Xuemin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 63849221521     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2009.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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