The state of the art in the analyst forecasting literature is that analyst earnings forecast ability is only firm … absence of a “spillover” effect, i.e., investors do not consider an analyst's earnings forecast ability regarding firm k when … reacting to his earnings forecast revision for firm j. We re-examine the issue of whether or not earnings forecast ability is …

the magnitude and direction of analysts' forecast revisions are positively associated with unexplained CEO compensation …, however. Analysts' forecast errors measured months after the DEF14A release are associated with past unexplained compensation …

forecast accuracy, and we show that teams are less accurate than individual analysts in general and their own individual team … team members in particular. Consistent with the notion that teams trade-off forecast accuracy for timeliness to comply with … a market research demand, we show that team forecast revisions are associated with larger market responses than those of …

the magnitude and direction of analysts' forecast revisions are positively associated with unexplained CEO compensation …, however. Analysts' forecast errors measured months after the DEF14A release are associated with past unexplained compensation …

forecast disclosure only accrue to bidders with a strong forecasting reputation prior to the acquisition. Explaining why not … all bidders forecast, we document a higher likelihood of post-merger litigation and CEO turnover for bidders with a weak …

profit margin provide incremental information for predicting changes in future return on assets. After controlling for …

earnings forecasters, we see that small adjustments to the model forecasts lead to more forecast accuracy. Based on past track …

We examine whether management earnings forecast errors exhibit serial correlation and how analysts understand the … serial correlation property of management forecast errors. Management forecast errors should not exhibit serial correlation … if managers efficiently process information in prior forecast errors and truthfully convey their earnings expectations …