Expectations management and beatable targets: How do analysts react to explicit earnings guidance?;Gestion des attentes et objectifs susceptibles d'être dépassés: La réaction des analystes aux indices explicites de résultats

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 593-624

  Cotter, Julie ^a   Tuna, Irem ^b   Wysocki, Peter D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysts; Earnings guidance; Expectations management; Management earnings forecasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749345494     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/FJ4D-04UN-68T7-R8CA     Document Type: Review

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