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This article offers a survey of theoretical research on disclosure and the cost of capital. We summarize the current state of the literature and discuss the channels through which information affects the cost of capital. After giving an overview of asset pricing theory, we examine the rationale...
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Practitioners have long criticized risk-factor disclosures in the 10-K as generic and boilerplate. In response, regulators emphasize the importance of being specific. By using a computing algorithm, this paper establishes a new measure (Specificity) to quantify the level of specificity of firms'...
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More companies are disclosing free cash flow in their earnings announcements. Companies choose a range of definitions for disclosed free cash flow, none of which correspond to the theoretical definition. The most common definition (in 38% of free cash flow disclosures) is operating cash flow...
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investment, our results highlight the importance of market risk disclosures and should be of interest to investors and analysts …
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form of specific topics that explain the nature of business change. These topics include investment strategies, securities …
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Practitioners have long criticized risk-factor disclosures in the 10-K as generic and boilerplate. In response, regulators emphasize the importance of being specific. By using a computing algorithm, this paper establishes a new measure (Specificity) to quantify the level of specificity of firms'...
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capital to the right investment projects. Over the last two decades, a large and growing body of literature has contributed to … our understanding of whether and why financial reporting affects investment decision-making. We review the empirical …
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agencies (CRAs) on managerial learning from stock prices. We find an increase in investment-price sensitivity for firms … affected by the Act. Consistent with managers relying more on stock prices in making investment decisions in the post … exposed to multiple dimensions of uncertainty, have higher growth options, face steeper competition, have less informed …
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