The role of biased earnings guidance in creating a healthy tension between managers and analysts

Accounting Review

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1193-1209

  Mittendorf, Brian ^a   Zhang, Yun ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst forecasts; Biases; Earnings guidance; Incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844466704     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2005.80.4.1193     Document Type: Review

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