NASD rule 2711 and changes in analysts' independence in making stock recommendations

Accounting Review

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1041-1071

  Chen, Chih Ying ^a   Chen, Peter F ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conflict of interest; Earnings forecasts; Earnings based valuation; NASD rule 2711; Stock recommendations

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549119083     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2009.84.4.1041     Document Type: Article

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