Does growth lead to stock price crashes? In this study, we find that total asset growth positively relates to future crash risk and the relationship is robust for various asset, liability, and equity components of the balance sheet. Consistent with the managerial empire-building incentive,...

Extant research on the accruals anomaly is based on returns starting a few months after fiscal year ends, not when accruals are publicly known. We explore the nature of the accruals anomaly by analyzing the speed of price adjustment to accruals information from the date when accruals first...

We document that historical patterns of accruals seasonality predict future stock returns. Firms with historically larger accruals in a given quarter of the year earn lower stock returns when those accruals are expected to be announced. The accruals seasonality spread is significant only in the...