How does analysts' forecast quality relate to corporate investment efficiency?
We examine the impact of financial analysts on the efficiency of firms’ investment decisions. We use the accuracy and dispersion of financial analysts’ earnings forecasts as proxies of analyst expertise and quality in making forecasts. We find that high quality forecast is associated with higher inv...
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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2017
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83317 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42531 |