...Vadim S. Balashov; Zhanel B. DeVides Purpose This study aims to investigate the behavior of sell-side analysts covering firms that are about to experience breaks in strings of consecutive quarterly earnings increases. Design/methodology/approach The authors estimate the likelihood of analysts...

...Amal Hamrouni; Ramzi Benkraiem; Majdi Karmani Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether a high level of voluntary disclosure attracts sell-side analysts. In other words, the authors check whether the number of analysts following a given firm increases with the extent of voluntary information...