Does foreign investor demand for information affect forecast accuracy? Evidence from the Chinese stock markets

Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-118

  Barniv, Ran ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst effort; Analysts respond to investor demand for information; Forecast accuracy; Foreign investor clienteles; Relative forecast accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350103256     PISSN: 10619518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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