On the information role of stock recommendation revisions

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-36

  Altinkiliç, Oya ^a   Hansen, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysts' recommendations; Brokerage research; Capital markets; Investment banking; Market efficiency; Security analysts

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249098801     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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