Do analysts’ EPS forecasts obey Benford’s Law? An empirical analysis

• 主要作者: GOH, Clarence
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• 主題: Benford’s law; earnings per share; forecasting; Accounting; Finance and Financial Management; Portfolio and Security Analysis
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1976; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/3003/viewcontent/4837_17106_1_10_20220804_pvoa_ccbyncsa.pdf

Benford’s law gives the expected frequencies of digits in tabulated data. In this study, I investigate the extent to which a sample of analysts’ earnings per share (EPS) forecasts obey Benford’s law. I conduct Benford’s law’s second digit and last-two digits tests on a sample of analyst EPS forecast...