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Cross-Extrapolative Beliefs: Evidence from Equity Analysts

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Abstract

We study whether individuals form extrapolative beliefs across different tasks. In line with cross-extrapolation, equity analysts who experience bad news from some of their coverage firms become overly pessimistic about other firms in their coverage. This leads to disagreement among analysts and has implications for the stock market, as we observe effects on trading volume, return volatility, and pricing. Our findings highlight the relevance of non-domain-specific belief models.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3128-3146
Number of pages19
JournalManagement Science
Volume72
Issue number4
Early online date13 Aug 2025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2026

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Keywords

  • behavioral finance extrapolative beliefs experience effects financial analyst

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