This paper develops a simple integrated model of firm's earnings cash flows and accruals that generates serial and cross-correlation predictions for those series. The model assumes sales follow E random walk costs are either variable or fixed and traditional accounting working capital accruals....

We investigate the equity valuation effects of social media websites during one of the world's largest events: the Olympics. Using listings of Olympic-firms posted on Chinese social media websites in the years leading up to the Olympics, we identify those firms that are publicly labeled and...

We document that insider trading is significantly higher than normal levels prior to the public disclosure of SEC comment letters relating to revenue recognition. Furthermore, insider trading is triple its normal level for firms with high short positions. We find a small negative return at the...

There is a seven year period between the time that a country first learns that it has won a bid to host the Olympics to the playing of the games. We investigate whether investors use the Olympics as a category for investment over this time period. We examine two hosting countries: China in 2008...

Models of reference-dependent preferences propose that individuals evaluate outcomes as gains or losses relative to a neutral reference point. We test for reference dependence in a large dataset of marathon finishing times (n = 9,524,071). Models of reference-dependent preferences such as...

This paper investigates whether maintaining a reputation for consistently beating analysts' earnings expectations can motivate executives to move from “within GAAP” earnings management to “outside of GAAP” earnings manipulation. We analyze firms subject to SEC enforcement actions and...

We investigate the determinants of analysts' target price forecasts and evaluate their relative importance for explaining the cross-sectional variation in target price implied returns. We identify four broad determinants: the informational component predictive of future stock returns, errors in...

We investigate whether media coverage of mega-sports events can have spill-over effects in the stock market. Specifically, we focus on the Olympics and we analyze whether the media attention and hype surrounding the Olympics encourages investors to use the Olympics as a way to classify stocks...

There are several explanations for why accruals persist into earnings at lower rates than cash flows. These include that accruals contain estimation error, diminishing returns to investment, and product-markets shocks. We predict that the mixed attribute GAAP measurement model along with the...