The ability of analysts' recommendations to predict optimistic and pessimistic forecasts.

Previous researches show that buy (growth) companies conduct income increasing earnings management in order to meet forecasts and generate positive forecast Errors (FEs). This behavior however, is not inherent in sell (non-growth) companies. Using the aforementioned background, this research hypothe...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vahid Biglari, Ervina Binti Alfan, Rubi Binti Ahmad, Najmeh Hajian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3798608?pdf=render