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

• Main Authors: Chze, Hwee Chian., Phua, Hwee Ting., Tan, Weini.
• Other Authors: Lim, Chee Yeow
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Investments
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9764
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...