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Firm Pessimism

Firm Pessimism is a cognitive bias in behavioral corporate finance wherein managerial decision-making reflects an undue underestimation of future firm performance due to excessive negativity or skepticism, distinguishing it from rational forecasting by incorporating psychologically driven deviations in expectations.

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9.5K

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203

Authors

165

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Publications per year

2017–2026

29

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Publications

105

Managerial Optimism and Corporate Finance

J.B. Heaton · Financial Management · 2002 · 1.1K citations

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Which types of analyst firms are more optimistic?

Amanda P. Cowen, Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy · Journal of Accounting and Economics · 2006 · 632 citations

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Earnings predictability and bias in analysts' earnings forecasts.

Somnath Das, Carolyn B. Levine, K. Sivaramakrishnan · The Accounting Review · 1998 · 610 citations · Full text

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<scp>CEO</scp> Overconfidence and Management Forecasting

Paul Hribar, Holly Yang · Contemporary Accounting Research · 2015 · 547 citations

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Financial Contracting with Optimistic Entrepreneurs

Augustin Landier, David Thesmar · Review of Financial Studies · 2008 · 409 citations

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Authors

203

  1. AL
    Augustin Landier

    HEC Paris, France

    6 publications · 910 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. DT
    David Thesmar

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    6 publications · 910 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. CA
    Constantinos Antoniou

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 29 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. PV
    Patrick Verwijmeren

    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

    2 publications · 65 citations

    2

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  5. NB
    Nittai Bergman

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    2 publications · 411 citations

    2

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Institutions

165

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    569 citations

  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    235 citations

  3. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    244 citations

  4. Singapore Management University

    Singapore, Singapore

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    710 citations

  5. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    182 citations

  6. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    153 citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    374 citations

  8. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    262 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 21 publications · 1.1K citations

    17

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  2. Journal of Business Finance &amp Accounting

    3 publications · 100 citations

    3

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  3. Journal of Behavioral Finance

    JBF · 3 publications · 171 citations

    3

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  4. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 3 publications · 75 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Financial Analysts Journal

    FAJ · 3 publications · 87 citations

    3

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