Current evidence on the sophistication of analysts' cash flow forecasts is ambiguous. For example, Call et al. (2009) show that issuing cash flow forecasts has important benefits for analysts' earnings forecasts, while Givoly et al. (2009) question the validity of this result, arguing that...

Current evidence on the sophistication of analysts' cash flow forecasts is ambiguous. For example, Call et al. (2009) show that issuing cash flow forecasts has important benefits for analysts' earnings forecasts, while Givoly et al. (2009) question the validity of this result, arguing that...

Equity analysts' target price estimates are uncertain. Some analysts attempt to enhance the credibility of their valuations and limit uncertainty by supplementing their target prices with a risk assessment in the form of a bull–bear analysis (BBA). We explore whether conducting a BBA increases...

This paper outlines the work of the FASB and the IASB on the development of expected-loss methods for measuring the impairment of financial instruments arising from credit losses, and describes and compares key features of the different approaches developed by the two standard setters. It also...

This paper outlines the work of the FASB and the IASB on the development of expected-loss methods for measuring the impairment of financial instruments arising from credit losses, and describes and compares key features of the different approaches developed by the two standard setters. It also...

The financial and banking crisis of the late 2000s prompted claims that the incurred-loss method for the recognition of credit-losses had caused undesirable delay in the recognition of credit-loss impairment. In the wake of the crisis, the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the...