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JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

Analyst Forecasts around Restatement Announcements


Author(s): Michael D. Yu, Yun Cheng, Bruce Bird

Citation: Michael D. Yu, Yun Cheng, Bruce Bird, (2018) "Analyst Forecasts around Restatement Announcements",  Journal of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 18, ss. 1, pp117-132

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

This study analyzes properties of the information contained in analysts’ earnings forecasts around restatement announcements. We hypothesize that analysts will place greater emphasis on their own private information when there is greater ambiguity surrounding a firm’s financial statements. After the firm announces a restatement, the ambiguity will decrease, and accordingly analysts’ emphasis on private information will also decrease. Our empirical results are consistent with this hypothesis. We find that analysts’ private information is higher in years before restatement announcements and insignificant after restatement announcements. We also find that the public information is higher in years before restatement announcements, although it is weaker than the private information.