What Do Analysts' Stock Recommendations Really Mean?

Review of Accounting and Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-87

  Finger, Catherine A ^a   Landsman, Wayne R ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings forecasts; Sell side analyst recommendations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993016568     PISSN: 14757702     EISSN: 17587700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb027007     Document Type: Review

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