Do Managers Always Know Better? The Relative Accuracy of Management and Analyst Forecasts

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1217-1244

  Hutton, Amy P ^a   Lee, Lian Fen ^a   Shu, Susan Z ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84867975153     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2012.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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