We study the effects of regulating the timing of disclosure on the quality of accounting information, using a 2003 U.S. regulatory change that accelerates 10-K filing deadlines as a research setting. Employing a difference-in-differences design, we find that the likelihood of issuing financial...

We examine the determinants of late filings of the Form 10-K and assess the impact the accelerated filing deadline had on the ability of firms to timely file their 10-K. In response to provisions in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the SEC shortened the filing deadline for the Form 10-K from 90 to 75...

Part of the FASB's broader simplification initiative, ASU 2016-09 was issued on March 30, 2016 and became effective for all firms for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. ASU 2016-09 simplifies the accounting for the tax effects of stock-based compensation by requiring firms to record...