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This paper evaluates the accuracy of financial analysts' forecasts. These predictions are very important since they are used by investors and administrators during the decision making process. We address the quality of the forecasts by comparing them to the actual numbers, using the root mean...
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Using data from Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S, we investigated the statistical properties of analysts' quarterly earnings projections in the years around the adoption of IFRS in Brazil (2007 to 2011). Characteristics such as accuracy, bias and precision of analysts' forecasts are useful in different...
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We investigate how the interaction between product market competition and firm-level corporate governance enhances the accuracy of analysts' forecasts and reduces the forecasts' deviation. Using a sample of Brazilian public firms covered by analysts, we find that competitive industries provide...
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