|
|
|
|
||||
|
||||
Implications of Data Restrictions on Performance Measurement and Tests of Rational PricingS.P. KothariMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management Jowell S. SabinoMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Tzachi ZachOhio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business November 1999 EFA 0174 Abstract: We argue that the previously documented association between ex ante information (e.g. earnings forecasts) and the subsequent, apparently predictable security price performance is exaggerated. The exaggeration stems from non-random deletion of data, especially in highly right-skewed distributions of long-horizon security returns. Our simulations demonstrate that both forecast optimism and negative abnormal returns are induced when "extreme" observations of ex post long-horizon performance are truncated from samples of rationally priced, unbiased earnings forecasts. Our results suggest caution in interpreting the results of the accounting and finance research that examines the predictability of long-horizon performance based on ex ante information.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 41 JEL Classification: G14, M41, C24 working papers seriesDate posted: November 29, 1999Suggested CitationContact Information
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
© 2013 Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
FAQ
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Copyright
This page was processed by apollo5 in 0.453 seconds
