Search Results - subject:"Analysts’ forecasts"

Operational restructurings: where's the beef?

Hill, Mary S.; Johnson, Peter M.; Liu, Xiaotao; Lopez, … - In: Review of quantitative finance and accounting 45 (2015) 4, pp. 721-755

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532195

Accounting Conservatism, Information Uncertainty and Analysts’ Forecasts

Li, Jing - 2008

news firms; and 2) unconditional conservatism reduces the overall uncertainty in analysts’ forecasts. The empirical results … analysts’ forecasts is greater for early forecasts, when the information uncertainty is high, than for late forecasts. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441147

Can earnings forecasts be improved by taking into account the forecast bias?

LARDIC, Sandrine; MICHALON, Karine; DOSSOU, François - In: Economics Bulletin 7 (2008) 11, pp. 1-20

The recent period has highlighted a well-known phenomenon, namely the existence of a positive bias in experts' anticipations. Literature on this subject underlines optimism in the financial analyst community. In this work, our significant contributions are twofold: we provide explanatory bias...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010630189

Can earnings forecasts be improved by taking into account the forecast bias?

LARDIC, Sandrine; MICHALON, Karine; DOSSOU, François - In: Economics Bulletin 7 (2008) 11, pp. 1-20

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005110588

Combining Forecasts with Missing Data: Making Use of Portfolio Theory

Fastrich, Björn; Winker, Peter - In: Computational Economics 44 (2014) 2, pp. 127-152

” with specific characteristics that may be combined in portfolios. The analysts’ forecasts were made about the German stock …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010989265

Benefits of management disclosure precision on analysts’ forecasts

Chi, Yu-Ho; Ziebart, David A - In: Review of Accounting and Finance 13 (2014), pp. 371-399

impact on both the dispersion and the accuracy of subsequent analysts’ forecasts. It was found that the dispersion in … analysts’ forecasts is negatively related to the management forecast precision. In other words, a precise management forecast … is associated with a smaller dispersion in the subsequent analysts’ forecasts. Evidence consistent with accuracy in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959877