Are Stars’ Opinions Worth More? The Relation Between Analyst Reputation and Recommendation Values

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-269

  Fang, Lily H ^a   Yasuda, Ayako ^b  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst reputation; Institutional investors; Performance evaluation; Star status; Stock recommendations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886028206     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: 15730735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-013-0178-y     Document Type: Article

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