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To explore how analysts' corporate earnings forecasts are superior based on firm characteristics.

March 15, 2026The Accounting Review

Earnings Expectations: The Analysts' Information Advantage.

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WKWilliam KrossUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York BRByung Ro

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Investigation shows analyst advantage in earnings forecasts correlates with firm characteristics, suggesting analytical superiority over time-series models.

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To explore how analysts' corporate earnings forecasts are superior based on firm characteristics.
Investigated analysts' corporate earnings forecasts
Compared analyst advantage to time-series models
Analyzed relationship with coverage in the Wall Street Journal
Identified the relationship between analyst advantage and firm characteristics
Showed analyst advantage over time-series models in forecasting earnings

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Kross et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b606c483145bc643d1d022 https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-9603263537

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Investigation shows analyst advantage in earnings forecasts correlates with firm characteristics, suggesting analytical superiority over time-series models.

Earnings Expectations: The Analysts' Information Advantage.

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Earnings Expectations: The Analysts' Information Advantage.

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