Discussion of investor protection, audit specialization, and analysts' forecast accuracy : an international study.

Discussion of investor protection, audit specialization, and analysts' forecast accuracy : an international study.

We aim to investigate the association between these three variables. This study uses a set of firm-level data from I/B/E/S Summary Files to examine the impact of investor protection on forecast accuracy of analysts across 8 Asian countries. Our results support the hypothesis that strong law enforcem...

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Main Authors: Chze, Hwee Chian., Phua, Hwee Ting., Tan, Weini.
Other Authors: Lim, Chee Yeow
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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DRNTU::Business::Finance::Investments
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9764
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-97642023-05-19T06:16:17Z Discussion of investor protection, audit specialization, and analysts' forecast accuracy : an international study. Chze, Hwee Chian. Phua, Hwee Ting. Tan, Weini. Lim, Chee Yeow Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Finance::Investments We aim to investigate the association between these three variables. This study uses a set of firm-level data from I/B/E/S Summary Files to examine the impact of investor protection on forecast accuracy of analysts across 8 Asian countries. Our results support the hypothesis that strong law enforcement and anti-director rights are positively associated with analysts’ forecast accuracy. Together with the benefits that audit specialization brings with it, forecast accuracy can be further improved in an environment with strong investor protection. 2008-09-24T07:36:07Z 2008-09-24T07:36:07Z 2005 2005 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9764 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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Chze, Hwee Chian.
Phua, Hwee Ting.
Tan, Weini.
Discussion of investor protection, audit specialization, and analysts' forecast accuracy : an international study.
description We aim to investigate the association between these three variables. This study uses a set of firm-level data from I/B/E/S Summary Files to examine the impact of investor protection on forecast accuracy of analysts across 8 Asian countries. Our results support the hypothesis that strong law enforcement and anti-director rights are positively associated with analysts’ forecast accuracy. Together with the benefits that audit specialization brings with it, forecast accuracy can be further improved in an environment with strong investor protection.
author2 Lim, Chee Yeow
author_facet Lim, Chee Yeow
Chze, Hwee Chian.
Phua, Hwee Ting.
Tan, Weini.
format Final Year Project
author Chze, Hwee Chian.
Phua, Hwee Ting.
Tan, Weini.
author_sort Chze, Hwee Chian.
title Discussion of investor protection, audit specialization, and analysts' forecast accuracy : an international study.
title_short Discussion of investor protection, audit specialization, and analysts' forecast accuracy : an international study.
title_full Discussion of investor protection, audit specialization, and analysts' forecast accuracy : an international study.
title_fullStr Discussion of investor protection, audit specialization, and analysts' forecast accuracy : an international study.
title_full_unstemmed Discussion of investor protection, audit specialization, and analysts' forecast accuracy : an international study.
title_sort discussion of investor protection, audit specialization, and analysts' forecast accuracy : an international study.
publishDate 2008
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9764
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