Do investors differentiate the dimensions of an analyst's credibility? An examination of bold valence, reputation and accuracy on investors’ competence and trustworthiness judgements

• Main Author: Li, Xiao
• Other Authors: Tan Hun Tong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Accounting
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63300
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Identifying the determinants of analysts’ credibility (composed of competence and trustworthiness) is an important issue because it affects both analysts’ career prospects and investors’ investment choice making. In a bold forecast setting, I experimentally examine whether and how an analyst charact...