We examine the impact of completed IPOs on industry peers’ voluntary disclosure. Prior research suggests that IPO issuers pose greater competitive threat through improved financing capability and risk tolerance. We expect peer firms to respond by reducing their information disclosure....

We study the relative usefulness of earnings announcements for valuation from the perspective of information externalities–the use of peer information in IPO pricing. The relative usefulness of an information source for peer valuation is a function of both the amount and the per-unit...

What informational properties of earnings are demanded by compensation contracting for performance measurement? The answer to this question has important implications for accounting standard setting. While some expect conditional conservatism to be a desirable feature that helps to alleviate...

We examine the effect of Big 4 auditors on management's use of optimistic language in audited financial statement disclosures. While regulators and practitioners consider the audit of disclosures to be increasingly important, empirical evidence of an auditor's effect on management's qualitative...

We exploit the setting of first-time enforcement of insider trading laws to investigate the relationship between insider trading opportunities and insiders' supply of information. Insider trading opportunities motivate insiders to reduce their supply of information by concealing firm...

This paper examines the impact of a firm's social performance on the CEO's employment prospects. We track departing CEOs' subsequent employment records and find that the social performance of their previous employers improves their labor market outcomes. These CEOs are more likely to find a new...