The influence of analysts, institutional investors, and insiders on the incorporation of market, industry, and firm-specific information into stock prices

Accounting Review

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1119-1151

  Piotroski, Joseph D ^a   Roulstone, Darren T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial Analysts; Insider trading; Institutional ownership; Stock return synchronicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744259825     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2004.79.4.1119     Document Type: Review

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