This study evaluates the impact of earnings on firm credit risk as captured by CreditDefault Swaps (CDS). We find that earnings (changes) are negatively correlated withone-year swap premia (changes) after controlling for equity returns but not with longer term premia (changes). We also find that...

This study investigates a large sample of financial statement restatements over theperiod 1986-2001, and compares restatements caused by changes in accounting principlesto those caused by errors. Typically, investors perceive restatements as negative signals due to three potential reasons: (i)...

This study investigates market reactions to voluntary earnings guidance provided by managers after the enactment of Regulation FD, which requires companies to disseminate material news to all investors simultaneously. More managers now issue their guidance to the public instead of disclosure to...

This study explores an additional factor that is associated with differential levels of the post-earnings-announcement drift (henceforth drift) the contemporaneous surprise in revenues. Consistent with prior evidence about greater persistence of revenues and greater noise caused by heterogeneity...

This study examines the disclosure of labor-related costs by US firms, and estimates the proportion of these costs that are valued as an asset (human capital) by the market. Separate identification of labor-related costs in US financial reports is voluntary, and is made consistentlyonly by about...