We investigate investor behavior and firm performance related to corporate restructuring announcements using a database of Security Exchange Commission (SEC) filings by U.S. firms and web traffic on the SEC’s website. We find that abnormal investor attention positively predicts restructuring...

We provide an investor-attention-based interpretation for early announcements, complementing the signalling-based explanation of Aktas et al. (2018). We find that acquiring firms attract substantial investor attention with their early announcements. The positive relationship between early...