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Do natural disasters hinder analysts’ information production of non-affected firms?

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  • Wang, Qilin
  • Huang, Yehua
  • Zhao, Mengyao
  • Liu, Jinzhao

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This paper demonstrates that natural disasters increase analyst forecast bias on non-affected firms through attention distraction. The results hold in robustness checks, and the impact is enhanced in firms with worse information environment and analysts with poorer attention management capability.

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  • Wang, Qilin & Huang, Yehua & Zhao, Mengyao & Liu, Jinzhao, 2024. "Do natural disasters hinder analysts’ information production of non-affected firms?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:234:y:2024:i:c:s0165176523005372
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111511
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    Keywords

    Natural disaster; Spillover effect; Distraction; Analyst forecast bias;
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    JEL classification:

    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting

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