The Predictability of Management Forecast Error: A Study of Australian IPO Disclosures
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Keywords
error; forecast; IPO; prediction; profit; underpricing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
- N27 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Africa; Oceania
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