We describe the challenges of forecasting earnings in a globally interconnected marketplace, and we document inefficient use of information regarding foreign country exposures and expected country GDP growth at the consensus and individual forecast levels. A country's proximity to the US,...

Asymmetric information is a fundamental friction that results in mismatches and efficiency losses in the labor market. In this study, we posit that more disaggregated financial disclosure by a CEO candidate’s prior employer can help the hiring firm better assess the possible fit between its...

We investigate how internal information asymmetry affects subordinate managers’ engagement in answering investor questions at interactive disclosure venues. We find that subordinates’ engagement is greater when internal information asymmetry is higher. Additionally, we find that the relation...

We consider an investor’s choice of conservative reporting, bonus payments, and investment decisions in the presence of the hidden-information agency problem of a manager’s productivity and the hidden-action agency problem of a manager’s diversion of resources. It is important to consider...

Silicon/carbon composite is discovered as a prevailing strategy to prevent the deterioration of silicon material during battery cycling. Herein, we report a novel silicon doped graphene material (SiG) through a facile synthetic route and investigate its application in lithium-ion battery. The...

This study examines the information content of firms’ operations-related disclosures (ORDs) and the importance of these disclosures as an information source to stock markets relative to other commonly examined sources of information. I find that ORDs constitute a large portion of corporate...