This paper studies the consequences of regulating executive compensation at financial institutions by examining the introduction of the UK Remuneration Code, which aimed to change the decision-making horizon and risk-taking incentives of bank executives. We find that, in line with the intent of...

In this paper, we first document evidence of underreaction to management forecast news. We then hypothesize that the credibility of the forecast influences the magnitude of this underreaction. Relying on evidence that more credible forecasts are associated with a larger reaction in the short...

This paper studies the consequences of regulating executive compensation at financial institutions by examining the introduction of the UK Remuneration Code in 2010, which aimed to change the decision-making horizon and risk-taking incentives of bank executives. We find that, although both banks...

This paper examines whether there are differences in the voluntary disclosure strategies of firms choosing different sources of external financing. I hypothesize that the different information demands of equity and debt investors will influence the likelihood and characteristics of firms'...

This study investigates security analysts' reactions to public management guidance and assesses whether managers successfully guide analysts toward beatable earnings targets. We use a panel dataset between 1995 and 2001 to examine the fiscal-quarter-specific determinants of management guidance...

This paper explores whether firms that share common directors also pursue similar corporate policies. Using a sample of 885 U.S. firms with common directors, we find that director fixed effects strongly explain variation in firms' governance, financial, disclosure, and strategic policy choices....