Analysts' forecasts: Why are they biased?

Leonardo Becchetti; Iftekhar Hasan; Marika Santoro; Asokan Anandarajan

doi:10.1002/jcaf.20294

Analysts' forecasts: Why are they biased?

Leonardo Becchetti, Iftekhar Hasan, Marika Santoro, Asokan Anandarajan

MT School of Management

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Abstract

The stock market is driven by analysts' forecasts. Investors rely on them. But research has shown that analysts' forecasts are biased.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	75-81
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.20294
State	Published - Mar 1 2007

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Accounting
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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