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The Role of Stock Indices in Analyst Career Outcomes and Stock Recommendations

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  • Stefan Pohl

    (University of Zurich; Swiss Finance Institute)

  • Vesa Pursiainen

    (University of St. Gallen; Swiss Finance Institute)

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Random changes in firms' stock index membership have important implications on sell-side analysts' career outcomes. Covered firms moving from the bottom of Russell 1000 to the top of Russell 2000 significantly increase an analyst's likelihood of moving to a high-status broker or receiving a career-first All-Star Analyst nomination - particularly for early-career analysts. This is reflected in analyst recommendations. For firms that are just above the index threshold - that might move to Russell 2000 if their share price decreases slightly - analyst recommendations are significantly more negative around the time of defining the index weights that determine index membership.

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  • Stefan Pohl & Vesa Pursiainen, 2023. "The Role of Stock Indices in Analyst Career Outcomes and Stock Recommendations," Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series 23-50, Swiss Finance Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:chf:rpseri:rp2350
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    Keywords

    Career concerns; analyst recommendations; index membership; bias; conflict of interest;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage

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