Cross-border regulatory cooperation and analyst forecasts

International Review of Financial Analysis - Tập 90 - Trang 102844 - 2023
Albert Tsang1, Yi Xiang2, Li Yu3
1SUSTech Business School, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
2School of Accounting and Finance, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
3Business School, Nankai University, China

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