This study develops and calibrates a revenue accruals model. Changes in accounts receivable and deferred revenues are modeled using the respective income statement and cash flow numbers (i.e., revenues and cash flows from sales) that relate directly to the accruals' origination and reversal....

Why does the market react to companies’ announcements of strategic alternatives with a +5.2 percent return, only to experience a future return of -9.7 percent? We find evidence consistent with a mispricing explanation in that: (i) investors and analysts are overly optimistic about a potential...