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This paper compares and contrasts two accounting information systems, the aggregate earnings system and the disaggregated cash flow/accrual system, examining their relative performance in stock valuation and in forecasting of earnings. It finds, in general, that the forecasts of earnings and...
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forecasts by 25.3%. This study may be the first of its kind to assess analyst earnings forecast accuracy at all listed companies …
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controlling shareholders impairs analyst forecast quality. We sample Chinese A-share firms and find that the proportion of shares … associated with analysts’ earnings forecast error and dispersion. Analysts’ incentives moderate the association between pledge … ratios and forecast predictions. High performing analysts most sensitive to reputational concerns continue to report …
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Using a novel dataset, we show that components of firms' GAAP earnings stemming from ancillary business activities or transitory shocks are significant in frequency and magnitude. These components have grown over time and are dispersed across various sections of the 10-K. Excluding them from...
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Earnings forecasts can be useful for investment decisions. Research on earnings forecasts has focused on forecast … determine the value of the forecast and also investigate to what extent the timing of the forecast can be modeled. We propose a … clear drivers of the value and the timing of the earnings forecast. We thus show that not only the forecasts themselves are …
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Firms depend on information technology to provide high quality internal information, but prior research suggests that IT is underutilized. Prior research suggests that when CEOs have experience with IT, then IT is more likely to be accepted throughout their firms. We take these arguments a step...
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