Capstaff, John and Paudyal, Krishna and Rees, William P. (2001) A comparative analysis of earnings forecasts in Europe. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 28 (5-6). pp. 531-562. ISSN 0306-686XFull text not available in this repository.
This study examines the accuracy and bias of financial analysts' EPS forecasts in nine European countries during 1987 to 1995. There are significant differences between the countries which may be due to the differences in earnings behaviour, accounting practices, and the influence of securities markets. An optimistic bias is endemic in European forecasts, consistent with research from the US. Investors who incorporate earnings forecasts in their stock selection procedures may be able to improve returns by explicitly adjusting their models for observed regularities in earnings forecast errors. However, we have shown that these regularities differ in incidence and magnitude across the countries studied, and further research is needed to effectively model these differences.
|Keywords:||earnings forecasts, Europe, business finance, accounting, Finance, Finance, Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous), Accounting|
|Subjects:||Social Sciences > Finance|
|Department:||Strathclyde Business School > Accounting and Finance|
|Depositing user:||Strathprints Administrator|
|Date Deposited:||05 Jul 2007|
|Last modified:||07 Feb 2015 21:59|
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