... Conflicts of interest deception deception detection persuasion sincerity cheap-talk reporting self-deception People with expertise or inside information often have a conflict of interest when advising others ( Ramanna 2015 ). This is true for executives elaborating on their firms' financial...

...Yuanyuan Liu; Zhongwei Huang; Like Jiang; William F. Messier, Jr. ABSTRACT Financial analysts are required to disclose conflicts of interest (COI) in their research reports, but there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of COI disclosures. We investigate whether the influence of disclosing...

... sell-side analysts conflicts of interest career concerns Revolving door analysts are analysts who are hired by the firms they cover. In this paper, I evaluate whether these revolving door (RD) analysts bias their target prices, their stock recommendations, and their earnings per...