We test predictions that managers issuing voluntary capex guidance learn from analyst feedbackand that this learning enhances investment efficiency and firm performance (Langberg andSivaramakrishnan, 2010). Our findings are consistent with these predictions. First, we find thatmanagers' capex...

The business media disseminates managers' earnings guidance news more broadly or creates new information content on the guidance (Drake et al. 2014). We hypothesize that the media's information dissemination encourages managers to continue issuing earnings guidance because their intended...

We study whether bestowing CEO and chairman duties on one individual affects a board's decision to dismiss an ineffective CEO. The results show that the sensitivity of CEO turnover to firm performance is significantly lower when the CEO and chairman responsibilities are vested in the same...

We study whether bestowing CEO and chairman duties on one individual affects a board's decision to dismiss an ineffective CEO. The results show that the sensitivity of CEO turnover to firm performance is significantly lower when the CEO and chairman responsibilities are vested in the same...

This study investigates intraday patterns of quarterly return-earnings relations. We find that fourth quarter announcements exhibit a lower earnings response coefficient but a more rapid adjustment to new equilibrium levels of prices and a higher R2 than interim quarter announcements. While...

We investigate whether management forecast accuracy provides a signal regarding CEOs' ability to anticipate and respond to future events by examining the relation between management forecast errors and CEO turnover. We find that the probability of CEO turnover is positively related to the...