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Do Sell-Side Analysts Provide More Information Following Debt Covenant Violations?Rixing Lou (9105083) 09 July 2020 (has links)
This study examines whether financial analysts
produce larger amounts of research output and whether their research is more
valuable for investors following a debt covenant violation (DCV, hereafter).
After a DCV, investor uncertainty about firm value and information asymmetry
among stakeholders likely increases. It is therefore difficult for investors to assess firm prospects,
resulting in increased demand for firm-specific information. Sell-side
analysts, as sophisticated information intermediaries, are skilled at gathering
and processing information; thus they are well-suited to provide more research
output in response to increased investor demand. I predict and find that equity
analysts provide a larger amount of research, proxied by recommendation revisions
and earnings forecast revisions, after a DCV. I also document an incremental
association between a DCV and analyst research production for firms with less
financial flexibility, firms with low institutional ownership, and firms
covered by more experienced analysts. In addition, I find evidence that analyst
research becomes more valuable and that uncertainty-adjusted analyst forecast
errors decrease following a DCV. These results suggest that a change in a
firm’s information environment associated with a DCV has significant influence
on investors and equity analysts besides the economic consequences documented
in prior literature.
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