Audit Quality And Properties Of Analyst Earnings Forecasts
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Audit Quality And Properties Of Analyst Earnings Forecasts
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Author : Bruce K. Behn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Audit Quality And Properties Of Analyst Earnings Forecasts written by Bruce K. Behn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
Under the assumption that audit quality relates positively to unobservable financial reporting reliability, we investigate whether audit quality is associated with the predictability of accounting earnings by focusing on analyst earnings forecast properties. The evidence shows that analysts' earnings forecast accuracy is higher and the forecast dispersion is smaller for firms audited by a Big Five auditor. We further find that auditor industry specialization is associated with higher forecast accuracy and less forecast dispersion in the non-Big Five auditor sample but not in the Big Five auditor sample. Overall, our results suggest that high quality audit provided by Big Five auditors and industry specialist non-Big Five auditors is associated with better forecasting performance by analysts.
Audit Quality And Properties Of Analysts Information Environment
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Author : Wen He
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Audit Quality And Properties Of Analysts Information Environment written by Wen He and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Prior research (Behn et al. 2008) suggests that higher audit quality is associated with increased accuracy and reduced dispersion in earnings forecasts issued by sell-side analysts. We extend this work to consider how audit quality impacts the information environment in which analysts operate. Using the method outlined by Barron et al. (1998), we examine whether higher audit quality (proxied as an industry specialist auditor) is associated with differences in the weight analysts place on common information relative to private information, as well as the extent to which audit quality separately impacts on the precision of analysts' private and common information. Our results show that higher audit quality results in analysts placing increased weight on public information, but also that the precision of private (as well as public) information is improved. These results extend our understanding of how audit quality impacts on attributes of analysts' forecasts and provides support for the argument that audit quality impacts users of audited financial reports.
Management Earnings Forecasts And The Quality Of Analysts Forecasts
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Author : Carol Liu
language : en
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Release Date : 2013
Management Earnings Forecasts And The Quality Of Analysts Forecasts written by Carol Liu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
This study investigates whether effective audit committees influence the association between management earnings forecasts and the properties of analysts" forecasts. We posit that this influence on the part of an audit committee would likely result from increased responsibility for monitoring voluntary disclosure. Using the four attributes that the Blue Ribbon Committee (1999) and prior research suggest as being indicative of audit committee effectiveness, we find that analysts" forecasts exhibit higher accuracy and lower dispersion with the issuance of management forecasts for those firms employing audit committees that are composed exclusively of independent directors, include an accounting expert, and act with due diligence. We also find that effective audit committees strengthen the association between management and analyst forecast accuracy. Our evidence, therefore, supports the notion that effective corporate governance influences the reliability of voluntary disclosure, and thereby benefits the users of financial information.
Audit Committee Accounting Expertise Analyst Following And Market Liquidity
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Author : David B. Farber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Audit Committee Accounting Expertise Analyst Following And Market Liquidity written by David B. Farber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
We study the relation between audit committee accounting expertise, analyst following, and market liquidity. Our main results indicate that analyst following increases subsequent to the appointment of an accounting expert to the audit committee. We also provide evidence that accrual quality, as opposed to audit quality or management earnings forecasts, is the channel through which accounting expertise increases analyst following and improves analyst forecast properties. We also show that audit committee accounting expertise is related to higher trading volume and lower liquidity risk, supporting incentives for greater analyst following. Our study extends prior literature by providing evidence that audit committee accounting expertise enhances firms' information environment beyond the effects it has on financial reporting quality or analysts' forecast properties. Our study also complements the literature on determinants of analyst following and market liquidity, both of which are related to cost of capital. Results from our study should be useful to firms seeking to enhance analyst following and market liquidity.
Common Individual Auditors And Analyst Forecast Performance
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Author : Junxiong Fang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Common Individual Auditors And Analyst Forecast Performance written by Junxiong Fang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
We examine the importance of analysts covering firms with common audit partners to analyst earnings forecast performance (hereafter, we term the analyst, auditor, and the firm as being “common”). We find that analysts issue more accurate and less optimistically biased earnings forecasts for firms with common audit partners than other analysts following the same firm without common audit partners. Consistent with expectations, we identify auditors' style in making audit judgments as the channel through which analysts accumulate better information from covering firms with common audit partners. In a series of cross-sectional analyses, we find that this result is stronger when: (1) analysts suffer from poor direct access to firm-specific information from managers; (2) the information value from common auditors is higher, evident in their clients having more opaque operations, more difficult-to-forecast earnings, and greater stock price synchronicity; and (3) the quality of information that analysts elicit from auditors is higher, evident in auditors belonging to a large audit firm. Our results are robust to different approaches for addressing the potential endogeneity of analysts' coverage decisions.
Factors Affecting The Accuracy Of Analysts Forecasts
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Author : Jahidur Md Rahman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Factors Affecting The Accuracy Of Analysts Forecasts written by Jahidur Md Rahman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
This study conducts a comprehensive review of the literature published during 1996- 2017 to identify the factors that affect the accuracy of financial analysts' forecasts. We organize our review around three main groups, namely, (a) drivers of analyst forecast accuracy, (b) quality financial reporting, and (c) accounting standards. Among the several factors found, some factors (experience of the analyst, earnings quality, audit quality, IFRS adoption, and annual report readability) have a positive relationship with the accuracy of analysts' forecasts while others (politically connected firms, firms audited by Non-Big 4, and international GAAP differences) have a negative relationship. Our findings contribute to future research by examining the factors affecting analyst forecast accuracy from different perspectives, which will prove to be useful for academicians, regulators, investors, and financial analysts.
Financial Analysts Forecasts And Stock Recommendations
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Author : Sundaresh Ramnath
language : en
Publisher: Now Publishers Inc
Release Date : 2008
Financial Analysts Forecasts And Stock Recommendations written by Sundaresh Ramnath and has been published by Now Publishers Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
Financial Analysts' Forecasts and Stock Recommendations reviews research related to the role of financial analysts in the allocation of resources in capital markets. The authors provide an organized look at the literature, with particular attention to important questions that remain open for further research. They focus research related to analysts' decision processes and the usefulness of their forecasts and stock recommendations. Some of the major surveys were published in the early 1990's and since then no less than 250 papers related to financial analysts have appeared in the nine major research journals that we used to launch our review of the literature. The research has evolved from descriptions of the statistical properties of analysts' forecasts to investigations of the incentives and decision processes that give rise to those properties. However, in spite of this broader focus, much of analysts' decision processes and the market's mechanism of drawing a useful consensus from the combination of individual analysts' decisions remain hidden in a black box. What do we know about the relevant valuation metrics and the mechanism by which analysts and investors translate forecasts into present equity values? What do we know about the heuristics relied upon by analysts and the market and the appropriateness of their use? Financial Analysts' Forecasts and Stock Recommendations examines these and other questions and concludes by highlighting area for future research.
Old English Cookery
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Old English Cookery written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with categories.
Internal Audit Quality And Earnings Management
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Author : Douglas F. Prawitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Internal Audit Quality And Earnings Management written by Douglas F. Prawitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Internal auditors often perform work that is relevant to their host entities' financial reporting processes, yet little research attention has focused on the effects of internal auditing on companies' external financial reporting. Using a unique and previously unavailable data set, we investigate the relation between internal audit function (IAF) quality and earnings management. We measure IAF quality using a composite measure comprising six individual components of IAF quality based on SAS No. 65, which guides external auditors in assessing the quality of an IAF with respect to its role in financial reporting. Earnings management is measured using two separate proxies, (1) abnormal accruals and (2) the propensity to meet or barely beat analysts' earnings forecasts. We find evidence that IAF quality is associated with a moderation in the level of earnings management as measured by both proxies.
Auditor Tenure And The Ability To Meet Or Beat Earnings Forecasts
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Author : Larry R. Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Auditor Tenure And The Ability To Meet Or Beat Earnings Forecasts written by Larry R. Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
We examine the relation between auditor tenure and a firm's ability to use discretionary accruals to meet or beat analysts' earnings forecasts. Regulators have long expressed concern over the use of earnings management to attain earnings targets. These concerns are compounded by lingering questions over whether long-term auditor-client relationships impair an auditor's ability to independently stem such practices. The profession counter-argues that mandatory auditor rotation reduces auditors' familiarity with the client and adversely affects audit quality. Consistent with both arguments, we find that firms with both short (two to three years) and long (13-15 years or more) tenure are more likely to report levels of discretionary accruals that allow them to meet or beat earnings forecasts. The results suggest that while regulatory mandates for periodic auditor turnover have negative effects, sustained long term auditor-client relationships may be also detrimental to audit quality. The generalizability of our results may not extend to firms that are not covered by analysts, as these firms do not face the same public pressure to manage earnings in order to meet or beat expectations.