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Significance of Forecast Precision: The Importance of Investors’ Expectations

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I investigate whether the alignment between individual investors’ expectations about forecast precision and actual forecast precision affects their estimates of firm value, and whether this relationship is mediated by individual investors’ perceptions of management credibility and future firm growth. Experimental results confirm that when expected and actual forecast precision align, individual investors estimate higher firm stock prices than when expected and actual forecast precision do not align. I also provide evidence of a mediation path through which the misalignment between expected and actual forecast precision affects individual investors’ perceptions of management credibility, future firm growth, and estimates of firm stock price. My findings help reconcile inconsistencies in prior earnings forecast literature and inform managers and researchers about strategies that lead to higher perceptions of management credibility and firm value.L'auteure se demande si la concordance entre la précision des prévisions à laquelle s'attendent les investisseurs à titre individuel (les investisseurs) et la précision réelle des prévisions influe sur leurs estimations de la valeur de l'entreprise et si cette relation est conditionnée par la façon dont ils perçoivent la crédibilité de la direction et la croissance future de l'entreprise. Les résultats de l'expérience à laquelle l'auteure procède confirment que, lorsqu'il y a concordance entre la précision attendue et la précision réelle des prévisions, le cours des actions de l'entreprise estimé par les investisseurs est plus élevé que lorsqu'il y a discordance entre la précision attendue et la précision réelle des prévisions. L'auteure fait également la démonstration de l'existence d'un vecteur permettant à la discordance entre la précision attendue et réelle des prévisions d'influer sur la façon dont les investisseurs perçoivent la crédibilité de la direction, la croissance future de l'entreprise et les estimations du cours de ses actions. Les constatations de l'auteure contribuent à résoudre les incohérences des études précédentes sur les prévisions de résultats et renseignent les gestionnaires et les chercheurs sur les stratégies qui mènent à une amélioration des perceptions de la crédibilité de la direction et de la valeur de l'entreprise.

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  • Kathy Rupar, 2017. "Significance of Forecast Precision: The Importance of Investors’ Expectations," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(2), pages 849-870, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:34:y:2017:i:2:p:849-870
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12279
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    1. Lackes, Richard & Siepermann, Markus & Vetter, Georg, 2020. "What drives decision makers to follow or ignore forecasting tools - A game based analysis," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 315-322.

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