Forecast accuracy and stock recommendations

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-33

  Hall, Jason L ^a   Tacon, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earnings forecasts; Investment; Security analysts; Stock recommendations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957770415     PISSN: 18155669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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