What Does it Take to Become a Superstar? Evidence from Institutional Investor Rankings of Financial Analysts

By Andrew J. Leone, J. Wu. 2007

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What Determine Financial Analysts' Career Outcomes During Mergers? (2009, background): “We further find that 20.4% of our sample analysts are stars (All_Star), this contrasts with 7% of stars in the overall I/B/E/S analyst populations (Leone and Wu, 2007).”
Inside the 'Black Box' of Sell-Side Financial Analysts (2014, unknown): “While prior academic research has primarily focused on the Institutional Investor All American Research Analyst rankings (e.g., Leone and Wu, 2007; Stickel, 1992), the analysts we surveyed say II rankings are far less important to their career advancement than broker votes.2 We also find that 24%…”
On the Information Role of Stock Recommendation Revisions (2009, background): “Empirical studies relating to stock picking reputation include Stickel (1992), Krigman et al. (2001), and Leon and Wu (2007).”