Using a comprehensive sample of Chinese seasoned equity offerings, we compare three major equity flotation methods employed by listed firms in China: public offering, rights offering, and private placements. The dominant flotation method changed significantly around 2005. We examine the...

The SEC's EDGAR log files provide a direct, powerful measure of attention from relatively sophisticated investors. We apply this measure to a sample of earnings announcements from 2003 to 2016. We find that the stock market is less surprised, and the post-earnings-announcement drift is weaker...

Using a broad sample of earnings announcements, we find that option call and put implied volatilities become increasingly misaligned as the earnings announcement dates (EAD) get closer. The percentage deviation between call and put implied volatilities increases monotonically in the one-month...