This study examines the impact of crises caused by modern health pandemics on price efficiency, proxied by measures of stock price delay. We analyze 381,688 firm-year observations across 39 countries during six recent pandemic crises: SARS (2003), H1N1 (2009), MERS (2012), Ebola (2014), Zika...

This research examine the effects of information disclosure ratings on firm-specific stock price crash risk. We present evidence that there is a statistically significant negative relationship between stock price crash risk and information disclosure ratings. Our evidence further shows that the...

Research Questions/Issue: This study investigates the relationship between equity-based CEO risk-taking incentives and information asymmetry as indicated by stock price delay.Research Findings/Insights: Based on a panel of firms listed in the United States from 1990 to 2018, this study reveals...

This paper investigates the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance in forecasting companys' stock prices and future returns. The forecasting analysis identifies a negative association between CSR performance and proxies of price delay. The negative CSR–delay association is...

This study examines the effect of industry cash flow volatility on the risks of stock price crash by investigating Chinese A-share listed companies from 2005 to 2015. Findings reveal that increases in the degree of volatility in industry cash flow significantly increase the risk of a stock price...