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Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors

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Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors. / Bilinski, Pawel Tomasz; Cumming, Douglas; Hass, Lars Helge et al.
In: Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 49, No. 3, 28.02.2019, p. 305-341.

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Bilinski, PT, Cumming, D, Hass, LH, Stathopoulos, K & Walker, M 2019, 'Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors', Accounting and Business Research, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 305-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2018.1510303

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Bilinski, P. T., Cumming, D., Hass, L. H., Stathopoulos, K., & Walker, M. (2019). Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors. Accounting and Business Research, 49(3), 305-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2018.1510303

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Bilinski PT, Cumming D, Hass LH, Stathopoulos K, Walker M. Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors. Accounting and Business Research. 2019 Feb 28;49(3):305-341. Epub 2018 Sept 6. doi: 10.1080/00014788.2018.1510303

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Bilinski, Pawel Tomasz ; Cumming, Douglas ; Hass, Lars Helge et al. / Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors. In: Accounting and Business Research. 2019 ; Vol. 49, No. 3. pp. 305-341.

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title = "Strategic distortions in analyst forecasts in the presence of short-term institutional investors",
abstract = "We document that analysts cater to short-term investors by issuing optimistic target prices. Catering dominates among analysts at brokers without an investment banking arm as they face lower reputational cost. The market does not see through the analyst catering activity and their forecasts lead to temporary stock overpricing that short-term institutional investors exploit to offload their holdings to retail traders. We also report evidence consistent with catering brokers being rewarded with more future trades channelled through them. Our study identifies a new source of conflicts of interest in analyst research originating from the ownership composition of a stock.",
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