Using 1994-2009 data, we document that All-American (AA) analysts' buy and sell recommendations outperform those of non-AAs by over 7% per annum after risk-adjustments. This performance differential exists both before and after AAs are elected, does not exhibit long-run reversal, and is not...

Using a novel, hand-collected dataset of a popular financial TV show and intra-day trading data from China, we compare the trading, liquidity, and returns of on-the-show and off-the-show stocks from the same industry. Employing a difference-in-difference approach, we find that off-the-show...

Using 1994–2009 data, we find that All-American (AA) analysts' buy and sell portfolio alphas significantly exceed those of non-AAs by up to 7% per annum after risk-adjustments for investors with advance access to analyst recommendations. For investors without such access, top-rank AAs still...

Using hand-collected TV programming data and intra-day trading from China, we compare the trading, liquidity, and returns of on-show and off-show stocks in the same sector. Our difference-in-difference analysis reveals that post-show, off-show stocks experience significant improvements in...

Using hand-collected TV programming data and intra-day trading data from China, we compare the trading, liquidity, and returns of on-show and off-show stocks in the same sector. Our difference-in-difference analysis reveals that post-show, off-show stocks experience significant improvements in...