Gender Differences Among Analyst Recommendations

Sell Recommendations, Market Sentiment, and Analyst Credibility

We find that market reactions to an analyst’s earnings forecasts are weaker when conditioned on the number of prior sell recommendations that the analyst makes for other firms that he follows. This effect is most prominent in periods of high market sentiment (e.g., the 1997-2001 period) and is stronger for glamour firms. This effect does not arise from sell recommendations being a proxy for low...

Analyst Recommendations and Mergers: Do Analysts Matter?‡

This paper investigates the relation between investment analyst recommendations and merger completion. Unlike the new issues market, we argue analysts’ incentives are skewed to issue recommendations that ensure merger completion rather than maximize the overall deal value. Using a comprehensive sample of completed and withdrawn mergers, we observe the direction and affiliation of recommendation...

Gender and Racial Differences among a Research University Faculty: Recommendations for Promoting Diversity

Gender differences. Exercise beliefs among youth.

Gender Differences Among Social vs. Business Entrepreneurs

A rapidly growing body of research attests to the interest in women's entrepreneurship (e.g. Boyd, 2005; Bruni, Gheradi, & Poggio, 2004; Brush, Carter, Gatewood, Greene & Hart, 2006; Lerner & Pines, 2011; Mulholland, 1996; Pines, 2002; Pines & Schwartz, 2008). This interest is relatively recent (Humbert, Drew & Kelan, 2009). As Carter and Shaw (2006) have noted, research on entrepreneurship has...