Consistency in meeting or beating earnings expectations and management earnings forecasts

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 37-57

  Kross, William J ^a   Ro, Byung T ^b,c   Suk, Inho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analyst forecast revision; Consistency in meeting and beating earnings expectations; Forecast bias; Management forecast disclosure; Regulation Fair Disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951508690     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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