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relative to their expectations. Therefore, the paper analyzes the quality and quantity of management reporting in Germany …
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When there is high information asymmetry between directors and managers, independent directors do not have enough information to perform their functions. Only when faced with a good internal information environment can such directors acquire enough information to provide advice and monitor...
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forma reporting imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). First, we find that investors appear to pay more attention … disclosures more in the post-SOX period. Finally, our results imply that the regulation of pro forma reporting has increased the … are consistent with the conclusions that (1) the quality of pro forma reporting has improved following SOX, and (2 …
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We investigate the impact of reporting regulation on corporate innovation. Exploiting thresholds in Europe's regulation … discourages innovative activities. Our evidence suggests that reporting regulation has significant real effects by imposing … firms in a given industry. Thus, financial reporting regulation has important aggregate and distributional effects on …
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We investigate the impact of reporting regulation on corporate innovation. Exploiting thresholds in Europe's regulation … discourages innovative activities. Our evidence suggests that reporting regulation has significant real effects by imposing … firms in a given industry. Thus, financial reporting regulation has important aggregate and distributional effects on …
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This study examines the effects of financial reporting complexity on investors' trading behavior. I find that more … disclosure, my investigation into the effects of reporting complexity on small and large investors should be of interest to … regulators concerned with reporting clarity and leveling the playing field across classes of investors …
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analysis the author claims that a company size is weakly but positively correlated with the quality of financial reporting … turn, to be weakly but negatively correlated with the quality of financial reporting disclosures. Research findings … financial disclosures. Disclosures of financial reporting information, financial ratios and total Internet financial disclosures …
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Recent regulatory amendments aimed at modernizing disclosures and enhancing their usefulness focus on repetition and interactivity within firms' disclosure filings. We use two experiments to provide evidence on the effects of disclosure repetition (repeating of information in the filing) and...
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Investor relations officers (IROs) play a central role in corporate communications with Wall Street. We survey 610 IROs at U.S. public companies and conduct 14 follow-up interviews to deepen our understanding of the role of IROs in corporate disclosure events. Three important themes emerge from...
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Using a unique, hand-gathered sample of 893 forward-looking voluntary disclosures by 70 proxy contest firms during 1992–2001, we examine whether managers temporarily alter the frequency and tone of their disclosures during proxy contests. Broadly consistent with the corporate control contest...
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