International evidence on the relative importance of the determinants of earnings forecast accuracy

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 453-471

  Coën, Alain ^a   Desfleurs, Aurélie ^b   L'Her, Jean François ^c  

^a Logistics and Transport   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c Investment Policy Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysts' forecasts; Country factors; Firm specific factors; Forecast accuracy; Forecast bias; Industrial structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350208819     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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