Relative valuation and analyst target price forecasts

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-192

  Da, Zhi ^a   Schaumburg, Ernst ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Relative valuation; Return reversal; Target price

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049449792     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finmar.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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