In this paper, we examine the impact of NASD Rule 2711, NYSE Rule 472, and the Global Research Settlement on the recommendation performance of independent, affiliated, and unaffiliated analysts. We find that analysts from all three types of institutions issued fewer strong buys following these...

We modify Morris and Shin (2002) to develop a structural model of analyst earnings forecasts. The model allows for analysts to herd due to informational effects and non-informational incentives. The benefits of our model are twofold: (1) we can decompose earnings forecasts into informational and...