In this study, we separate institutional investors into the categories of transient, dedicated, and quasi-indexer and examine whether the ownership percentages of these different types of institutional investors are associated with the accuracy of analysts' earnings forecasts. We hypothesize a...

This paper examines the association between pre-disclosure uncertainty and investor reliance on reported earnings. Our study is unique because it incorporates both context-specific and forecast-based measures of uncertainty. The analysis is based on data for 118 publicly-traded property and...

This paper develops a theory of the frequency of financial analysts' forecast revisions and then tests the empirical predictions of the model. Financial analysts act as information intermediaries for firms and investors and therefore their forecast revision frequency helps explain the...