Why are analysts less likely to follow firms with high managerial ownership?

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-200

  Baik, Bok ^a   Kang, Jun Koo ^b   Morton, Richard ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst following; Management forecast; Managerial entrenchment; Managerial ownership; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952862419     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X1002500202     Document Type: Article

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