In 2005, the SEC enacted the Securities Offering Reform (Reform), which relaxes ‘gun jumping' restrictions, thereby allowing firms to more freely disclose information before equity offerings. We examine the effect of the Reform on voluntary disclosure behavior before equity offerings and the...

This paper examines whether common ownership – i.e., instances where investors simultaneously own significant stakes in competing firms – affects voluntary disclosure. We argue that common ownership (i) reduces proprietary cost concerns of disclosure, and (ii) incentivizes firms to...

In 2005, the SEC enacted the Securities Offering Reform (Reform), which relaxes ‘gun jumping' restrictions, thereby allowing firms to more freely disclose information before equity offerings. We examine the effect of the Reform on voluntary disclosure behavior before equity offerings and the...

We hypothesize that the choice to obtain a financial statement audit provides external financiers with incremental information about the firm, which helps reduce information asymmetry and financing frictions. Using a natural experiment, we show that when external financiers observe a firm's...

Corporate investment decisions require managers to forecast expected future cash flows from potential investments. Although these forecasts are a critical component of successful investing, they are not directly observable by external stakeholders. In this study, we investigate whether the...

This paper examines whether portfolio disclosure requirements for actively managed investment funds affect the investment decisions of firms owned by the funds. We argue that mandatory portfolio disclosures reduce fund managers’ incentive to collect and trade on private information, which...