We explore whether disclosures in the Management Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) have spillover effects for investment and investment efficiency, and whether spillover effects vary with competition. We focus on the tone of MD&A disclosures and document that the association between a ompany's...

This study explores the spillover effects of the tone of restatement press releases for the investments of rival firms. Our results show that changes in rivals' investments after a restatement are significantly positively associated with the tone of restatement press releases, and that this...

We explore the association between a company's investments and the tone of its peers' MD&A disclosures; we ask whether the direction and the strength of this association is affected by product market competition. We find that the direction of the association can differ according to whether...