Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of selected criteria on the relationship between managerial overconfidence on the accuracy of earning prediction. The accuracy of earning prediction is measured by through the change percent in the difference earning forecast error and managerial overconfidence is measured by capital expenditures ratio criterion to total assets. The 108 companies are selected by systematic elimination method from the companies listed in Tehran stock Exchange during the years of 2008 to 2016. In order to hypotheses testing used pool data regression model. The results show that managerial overconfidence has significant and negative impact on the accuracy of earning prediction. Also, optimistic earnings forecasts of last year and managerial discretion have negative and significant impact on the relationship between managerial overconfidence and the accuracy of earning prediction. but time horizons has positive and significant impact on the relationship between managerial overconfidence and the accuracy of earning prediction.