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title: Analyst Question Quality in Conference Calls
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4958876/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4958876
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4958876
featured: 2024-09-18
citations: unknown
topic: LLMs & Text
---


# Analyst Question Quality in Conference Calls

Machine learning methods show that high-quality analyst questions during earnings calls lead to better stock liquidity and stability, particularly in firms with unclear information.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4958876
- Identifier: SSRN 4958876
- Released: 2024-09-16
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 66 (2024-09-18): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-09-18/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: LLMs & Text

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