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Are managers strategic in reporting non-earnings news? Evidence on timing and news bundling
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Segal, Benjamin and Segal, Dan (2016) Are managers strategic in reporting non-earnings news? Evidence on timing and news bundling. Review of Accounting Studies, 21 (4). pp. 1203-1244. doi:10.1007/s11142-016-9366-y ISSN 1380-6653.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11142-016-9366-y
Abstract
Using a comprehensive sample of non-earnings 8-K filings from 2005 to 2013, we examine whether firms strategically report mandatory and voluntary news. In particular, we examine whether firms report negative news when investor attention is low and whether they bundle positive and negative news. Our findings support the notion that managers believe in the existence of investor inattention and strategically report negative news after trading hours. These results particularly apply to public firms, where equity market pressures provide stronger incentives to mitigate market reaction to news by exploiting investor inattention. Further analysis of the market reaction to strategic disclosure uncovers no evidence of investor inattention, consistent with market efficiency. We also observe that public firms are more likely to strategically disclose through news bundling and that the likelihood of this increases with the likelihood of strategic disclosure through timing.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Accounting Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Review of Accounting Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | ||||||
ISSN: | 1380-6653 | ||||||
Official Date: | December 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 21 | ||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1203-1244 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s11142-016-9366-y | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
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