This paper identifies cross-sectional factors that motivate the disclosure of forward-looking earnings information and documents that these disclosures impact market prices by quot;pulling forwardquot; future earnings information. We examine a set of firms facing poor current earnings...

We use a comprehensive sample that comprises essentially all Moody's bond rating changes between 1970 and 1997 to examine the long-run stock returns following the changes. Our main finding is that stocks with upgrades outperform stocks with downgrades for up to one year following the...

This study investigates the long-run stock returns following issues of corporate debt. The investigation of long-run returns allows us to use a balance sheet-based method of identifying debt issuers, which has two major advantages. First, the balance sheet method identifies both public and...

In this paper, we explore an insiders' decision to trade or not trade on the basis of future earnings information. Consistent with litigation, political, and reputation-related costs shaping insider-trading decisions, we find that relations between insider trading decisions and next year's...

In this paper, we examine the economic impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) by analyzing foreign listing behavior onto U.S. and U.K. stock exchanges before and after the enactment of SOX in 2002. Using a sample of all listing events onto U.S. and U.K. exchanges from 1995-2006, we develop an...

In this paper, we examine the economic impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) by analyzing foreign listing behavior onto U.S. and U.K. stock exchanges before and after the enactment of the Act in 2002. Using a sample of all listing events onto U.S. and U.K. exchanges from 1995-2006, we develop...

This paper examines whether a simple accounting-based fundamental analysis strategy, when applied to a broad portfolio of high book-to-market firms, can shift the distribution of returns earned by an investor. I show that the mean return earned by a high book-to-market investor can be increased...

Using essentially all Moody's bond ratings changes between 1970 and 1997, we find no reliable abnormal returns following bond rating upgrades. However, we find negative abnormal returns on the magnitude of 10 to 14 percent in the first year following downgrades. Additional results reveal that...