Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors
Bilinski, P. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0499-6429, Cumming, D, Hass, L. , Stathopoulos, K. & Walker, M. (2018).
Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors.
Accounting and Business Research, 49(3),
pp. 305-341.
doi: 10.1080/00014788.2018.1510303
Abstract
We document that analysts cater to short - term investors by issuing optimistic target prices. Catering dominates among analysts at brokers without an investment banking arm as they face lower reputational cost. The market does not see through the analyst catering activity and their forecasts lead to temporary stock overpricing that short - term institutional investors exploit to offload their holdings to retail traders. We also report evidence consistent with catering brokers being rewarded with more future trades channelled through them. Our study identifies a new source of conflicts of interest in analyst research originating from the ownership composition of a stock.
| Publication Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Accounting and Business Research on 6 Sep 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2018.1510303. |
| Publisher Keywords: | target prices; earnings forecasts; strategic distortions; short-term investors |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
| Departments: | Bayes Business School > Finance |
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