Investor Inattention and the Underreaction to Stock Recommendations

Financial Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1223-1252

  Loh, Roger K ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 78649487216     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2010.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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