to forecast future earnings accurately. This suggests that additional information is released during conference calls …. The reduction in forecast error is economically significant and larger in magnitude when compared to results for the US …

Given the growing importance of terrorism in today's world, it is essential to understand its impact on the global …

systematic and persistent character, they do not just increase noise but result in a significant downward bias of presented …

analysts exhibit worse forecast accuracy than their male counterparts. However, in highly individualistic countries, we show … that there is no significant difference in forecast accuracy between the genders. We further show that female analysts …

unsolicited bank ratings, however, we find strong evidence that rating conservatism is an important cause. The downward bias also …

countries, we investigate empirically if there is systematic evidence for a home bias in sovereign ratings. Specifically, we use … explained by the fundamentals of rated countries, our results provide empirical support for the existence of a home bias in … sovereign ratings. We find that the bias becomes more accentuated following the onset of the Global Financial Crisis and appears …