Does past success lead analysts to become overconfident?

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-500

  Hilary, Gilles ^a   Menzly, Lior ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Vega Asset Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysts; Cognitive biases; Earnings forecasts; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

ANALYSTS; COGNITIVE BIASES; EARNINGS FORECASTS; OVERCONFIDENCE; OVERCONFIDENT; PREDICTION;

ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645827800     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0485     Document Type: Article

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