We conduct an experiment to examine the effects of guidance frequency (frequent versus infrequent) and guidance goal (accuracy versus meet/beat versus truthful) on managers' operating decisions. We find that frequent guiders sacrifice total earnings for quarterly earnings predictability...

This paper discusses judgment and decision making research in auditing - i.e., research that uses a psychological lens to understand, evaluate, and improve judgments, decisions, or choices in an auditing setting. Much of this work uses the laboratory experiment approach, but we will also cover...