We examine the association between goodwill impairment charges and analysts' forecast accuracy and dispersion. We … compare firm-quarters that report periodic goodwill impairment charges during 2003-2007, and two control samples (matched on … forms of monitoring, auditor industry specialization and institutional ownership, reduce the adverse effect of goodwill …

In recent years, the amount of goodwill has been increased dramatically and become one of the difficult problems in … academic and accounting practice. This paper focuses on the impact of goodwill on analysts’ forecasts. It is found that … goodwill can increase the optimism and decrease the accuracy of analysts’ forecasts because of its low quality. Goodwill …

specific case of goodwill impairment testing. Using a sample of 1,247 firm-year observations representing 177 firms listed on …' forecast revisions for firms that do not book goodwill impairment and exhibit lower operating performance. Secondly, we found … lower operating performance and those who do not book goodwill impairment testing (hereafter non-impairer firms). Our …