Consistent Analyst Expectation Error and Earnings Management: Evidence from China

Zhengyi Zhou and Chongfeng Wu

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2016, vol. 52, issue 9, 2128-2148

Abstract: Using data from the Chinese A-share market in 2004–12, we show how cognitive bias of individual analysts led to counterproductive effect in less-developed financial markets. We form an ex ante measure of analysts’ expectation error, a measure suitable for markets with a short history. We find that star analysts tend to be more optimistic than ordinary analysts, and their biased opinions influence other analysts because of analyst herding behavior. Two-stage least square regression results suggest that consistent expectation errors among analysts can lead to earnings management. These insights are valuable to investors and regulators.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2015.1068065

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