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Initiating coverage, broker reputation and management earnings forecasts in Australia

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  • Rob Brown
  • Howard W. H. Chan
  • Yew Kee Ho

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We examine more than 5000 recommendations made by Australian brokers in the period 1996–2001. We find evidence that initiating recommendations produce greater share price responses than continuing recommendations, particularly for hold, underperform and sell recommendations. We also find evidence that initiating recommendations made by higher‐reputation brokers and those made in the absence of a management earnings forecast attract different share price responses. Finally, we find that share price responses to initiating recommendations, conditional on the market consensus recommendation, are significantly different to continuing recommendations.

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  • Rob Brown & Howard W. H. Chan & Yew Kee Ho, 2007. "Initiating coverage, broker reputation and management earnings forecasts in Australia," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 47(3), pages 401-421, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:acctfi:v:47:y:2007:i:3:p:401-421
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2006.00209.x
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