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The Rewards to Meeting or Beating Earnings ExpectationsEli BartovNew York University Dan GivolyPennsylvania State University - Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business Administration Carla HaynUniversity of California at Los Angeles Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 173-204, June 2002 Abstract: This paper finds that firms that meet or beat current analysts' earnings expectations (MBE) enjoy a higher return over the quarter than firms with similar quarterly earnings forecast errors that fail to meet these expectations. Further, such a premium to MBE, although somewhat smaller, exists in cases where MBE is likely to have been achieved through earnings or expectations management. The findings also indicate that the premium to MBE is a leading indicator of future performance. This premium and its predictive ability are only marginally affected by whether the MBE is genuine or the result of earnings or expectations management.
Keywords: earnings expectations, analysts' forecasts, expectation management, earnings management, losses JEL Classification: G14, G24, G29, M41, M43 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: December 6, 2002Suggested CitationContact Information
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