A Reexamination of Bias in Management Earnings Forecasts
Choi, Jong-Hag
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Description
Title
A Reexamination of Bias in Management Earnings Forecasts
Author(s)
Choi, Jong-Hag
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Ziebart, David A.
Department of Study
Accountancy
Discipline
Accountancy
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Business Administration, Accounting
Language
eng
Abstract
This study finds that short-horizon MEF are pessimistically biased , while long-horizon MEF are optimistically biased. Previous claims that management earnings forecasts are unbiased could be driven by the cancellation effect that occurs between long-term optimistic bias and short-term pessimistic bias. The magnitude of bias is associated with three ex-ante factors---unexpected earnings, forecast horizon and firm size. Although the magnitude of the bias is predictable with these three factors, it seems that investors naively respond to bias component in the forecasts at MEF announcement. The bias in management earnings forecasts causes subsequent stock price reversal when subsequent earnings report are announced. In conclusion, initially, the market mechanistically responds to the biased MEF and subsequently corrects itself by reversing the previous overreaction.
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