Conflicts of interest and stock recommendations: The effects of the global settlement and related regulations

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4189-4217

  Kadan, Ohad ^a   Madureira, Leonardo ^b   Wang, Rong ^c   Zach, Tzachi ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65149103312     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn109     Document Type: Article

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