A growing number of studies in finance decompose multiperiod portfolio returns into series of single period returns, using these to test asset pricing models or market efficiency or to evaluate the returns to investment strategies such as those based on momentum and value-growth. We provide a...

This paper fills a void in the market efficiency literature by testing for the presence of post-earnings announcement drift in the non-US market. We test for drift using alternative earnings surprise measures based on: (i) the time-series of earnings; (ii) market prices; and (iii) analyst...

Financial Reporting Standard No 3 (FRS3) regulated the reporting of financial performance by UK firms from 1993 until the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in 2005. FRS3 outlawed extraordinary items, but allowed a clearer distinction between recurring and transitory income...

We extend the Kothari-Zimmerman (1993) study of price- earnings models to a more general accounting based valuation model. In this more general setting earnings response coefficients are not usually equal to the reciprocal of the firm's cost of equity capital. Moreover the price-earnings models...

We develop a comprehensive measure of the quality of corporate financial communication. Net bad flows (NBF) captures bad news withholding and is calculable for all listed companies using daily stock return data. NBF indicates the relative lumpiness of bad news flows during the fiscal period. We...

Between 2000 and 2003 a series of disclosure and analyst regulations curbing abusive financial reporting and analyst behavior were enacted to strengthen the information environment of U.S. capital markets. We investigate whether these regulations reduced security mispricing and increased stock...

A growing number of studies in finance decompose multiperiod portfolio returns into a series of single-period returns, using these to test asset pricing models or market efficiency or to evaluate the returns to investment strategies such as those based on momentum, size, and value-growth. We...

We examine whether UK firms engage in earnings management or forecast guidance to ensure that their reported earnings meet analyst earnings expectations. We explore two earnings management mechanisms: a) positive abnormal working capital accruals and b) classification shifting of core expenses...

We investigate whether the choice of valuation model affects the forecast accuracy of the target prices that investment analysts issue in their equity research reports, controlling for factors that influence this choice. We examine 490 equity research reports from international investment houses...

We examine the market reaction to announcements of actual share repurchases, events that cluster both within and across firms. Using a multivariate regression model, we find that the market reacts positively to the events, indicating that these announcements provide additional information to...