The roles that forecast surprise and forecast error play in determining management forecast precision

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-188

  Choi, Jong Hag ^a   Myers, Linda A ^b   Zang, Yoonseok ^c   Ziebart, David A ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Management forecast error; Management forecast precision; Management forecast surprise; Management forecasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954071231     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2010.24.2.165     Document Type: Article

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