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Following the leader: *1: a study of individual analysts' earnings forecasts

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  • Day, Theodore E.
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  • Cooper, Rick A. & Day, Theodore E. & Lewis, Craig M., 2001. "Following the leader: *1: a study of individual analysts' earnings forecasts," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 61(3), pages 383-416, September.
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