I/B/E/S is a common source of analyst earnings forecast data, and the reliability of these data is important for … the effects of analyst experience and brokerage size on earnings forecast accuracy change by over 30 percent when we use … provide guidance to researchers using I/B/E/S for analyst earnings forecast data …

industry-level external economic forces. We find that for such firms, the relative earnings forecast accuracy of analysts …

accurate earnings forecasts than individual analysts and that the stock market reacts more strongly to forecast revisions … show that team size and team member ability are significantly associated with forecast accuracy. Moreover, using detailed … analyst background information from LinkedIn, we find that forecast accuracy is positively associated with team diversity …