US Analyst Regulation and the Earnings Forecast Bias around the World

European Financial Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 435-461

  Hovakimian, Armen ^a   Saenyasiri, Ekkachai ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst conflicts of interest; Analyst forecast bias; Analyst regulation; Cross country spillover; Investor protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902553272     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2012.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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