We investigate the relation between societal trust and managers' decisions to voluntarily issue earnings forecasts. We reason that managers are more (less) likely to issue earnings forecasts in high-trust (low-trust) countries because these voluntary disclosures are viewed by investors as a...

Using a comprehensive sample hand-collected from the original texts of management earnings forecasts from 27 countries, we provide descriptive evidence on the country-level institutional determinants and economic consequences of forecast characteristics. Using principal component factors...

This study examines whether and how the extraversion of a firm’s key executives influences its provision and the properties of management earnings forecasts. We provide evidence that firms with extraverted chief financial officers (CFOs) are more likely to have a greater level of voluntary...

In this study, we find that relative to firms with less media coverage, stock price sensitivity to positive (negative) earnings surprises in earnings announcements of firms with greater media coverage is stronger (weaker). This asymmetry in the effect of media coverage on stock price sensitivity...