The dark side of analyst coverage: The case of innovation

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 856-878

  Tian, Xuan ^b  

^a Jack)   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst coverage; Citations; Innovation; Managerial myopia; Patents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879796644     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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