Table 4 The impact of SPC on analyst forecast accuracy.

From: Consequences of firm-specific stock price crashes on analyst forecasts: Evidence from China

 

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FERROR

CRASH

−0.571

 

(−0.535)

POST

0.074**

 

(2.352)

CRASH*POST

−0.186***

 

(−4.471)

SIZE

−0.468

 

(−1.446)

LEV

−0.615

 

(−0.883)

ROA

−16.017***

 

(−6.776)

INBOARD

0.395

 

(0.959)

INDENP

0.733

 

(0.519)

SHRCR

0.008

 

(0.636)

INST

−0.579**

 

(−1.982)

AUDITFEE

0.075

 

(0.659)

SOE

−0.343

 

(−0.607)

COMMITTEE

0.261

 

(1.010)

BIG4

−0.040

 

(−0.163)

EXP

−0.001

 

(−0.657)

HORIZON

0.061***

 

(12.919)

SPECIFIC

0.000

 

(0.077)

TFOLLOWING

−0.000

 

(−1.370)

BSIZE

−0.011**

 

(−2.085)

TEAM

−0.022**

 

(−2.378)

_cons

10.922

 

(1.421)

N

56837

R2

0.647

Year

Yes

Match

Yes

  1. Table 4 presents the estimated results of the impact of stock price crashes on analysts’ forecast accuracy. Year and matched-pair fixed effects are included. The sample period spans from 2001 to 2020. The total number of observations is 56,837. All control variables except for the dummy variables are winsorized at the bottom and top 1% level. Robust t-statistics corrected by firm clustering are reported in parentheses. *, ** and *** indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5% and 1% levels, respectively. All variables are defined in Appendix A.