Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors
Bilinski, Pawel Tomasz and Cumming, Douglas and Hass, Lars Helge and Stathopoulos, Konstantinos and Walker, Martin (2019) Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors. Accounting and Business Research, 49 (3). pp. 305-341. ISSN 0001-4788 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2018.1510303)
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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.
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Item type: Article ID code: 73330 Dates: DateEvent28 February 2019Published12 June 2018AcceptedNotes: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Accounting and Business Research on 06/09/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00014788.2018.1510303 Subjects: Social Sciences > Commerce > Accounting Department: Strathclyde Business School > Accounting and Finance Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 23 Jul 2020 14:13 Last modified: 17 Aug 2024 00:49 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73330