This study investigates the relationship between the dispersion of analysts? earnings forecasts and stock price variability around quarterly earnings announcements. Consistent with theoretical predictions, the empirical analysis shows that stock price variability at the time of earnings...

Ohlson and Aier (2009) propose a model of modified cash accounting (MCA) for analyzing and evaluating a firm's cash flows. They suggest that MCA cash earnings provide a better measure of earnings than GAAP's measure, and that the MCA bottom line is more informative because it identifies earnings...

We examine the market reaction to announcements of actual share repurchases, events that cluster both within and across firms. Using a multivariate regression model, we find that the market reacts positively to the events, indicating that these announcements provide additional information to...