Does extended auditor disclosure deter managerial bad-news hoarding? Evidence from crash risk [PDF]
We examine how the mandatory adoption of extended auditor's reports (EARs) affects managerial bad-news hoarding through the lens of stock price crash risk. Relying on the UK's auditing standard change in 2013 as a quasi-natural experiment, we document a crash risk reduction for firms that were required to adopt EARs, relative to firms that were not so ...
Donghui Li, Lu Xing
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The Effect of Dividend Payments and Bad News Hoarding on Stock Price Crash Risk with an Emphasis on Information Asymmetry [PDF]
This study examines the impact of dividend payments and bad news hoarding on stock price crash risk with an emphasis on information asymmetry. In this regard, 123 companies were selected for the period of 2009-2014.
Younes Badavar Nahandi +1 more
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We find that a CEO's industry tournament incentives (CITI) induce a CEO to undertake strategies that reduce the propensity of a firm to incur future stock price crash risk. CITI also has a mitigating effect on accounting techniques (such as, accrual manipulation, real earnings management, and financial restatement) used as channels for obfuscation and,
Hasibul Chowdhury +2 more
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Idiosyncratic Political Risk and Bad News Hoarding
ABSTRACT Managers may respond to greater political risk by suppressing unfavorable news from outsiders to manage investors’ perceptions about firm risk and protect their careers. However, they may also avoid engaging in bad news hoarding activities because exposure to political risk increases firm visibility and attracts greater ...
Gonul Colak, Panagiotis Loukopoulos
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Company's diversification strategy and crash risk stock prices emphasizing operational slack and management ability [PDF]
Purpose: Investors significantly value the risk of falling and consider the risk of falling as an important pricing factor. The negative price changes are also affected by managers' ability to choose strategies and properly implement the company's ...
Majid Moradi +2 more
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Corporate pledgeable asset ownership and stock price crash risk
We investigate how a firm’s corporate pledgeable asset ownership (CPAO) affects the risk of future stock price crashes. Using pledgeable asset ownership and crash risk data for a large sample of U.S. firms, we provide novel empirical evidence that a firm’
Hail Jung +3 more
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The unintended cost of data breach notification laws: Evidence from managerial bad news hoarding
AbstractWe investigate how nonfinancial disclosure laws exacerbate agency issues in firms. Our analysis focuses on the staggered adoption of state‐level notification laws that require firms to disclose data breaches. Our findings reveal that the introduction of these laws increases the risk of stock price crashes.
Ivan Obaydin, Limin Xu, Ralf Zurbruegg
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The Impact of Debt Maturity on Stock Price Crash Risk with an Emphasis on Information Asymmetry [PDF]
Short-term debt subjects managers to frequent monitoring, thus effectively reducing managerial discretion and enhancing information disclosure. Since lenders are more sensitive to decreases than increases in firm stock price, they have strong incentives ...
Vahid Taghizadeh Khanqah +1 more
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Impacts of Political Connections on Stock Price Crash Risk under Information Asymmetry Conditions [PDF]
Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of political connections on stock price crash risk in 120 companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange in the period 2011-2016.
Seyyed Ahmad Khalifeh Soltani (Ph.D) +2 more
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Corporate social responsibility and stock price crash risk [PDF]
This study investigates whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) mitigates or contributes to stock price crash risk. Crash risk, defined as the conditional skewness of return distribution, captures asymmetry in risk and is important for investment ...
Kim, Yongtae, Li, Haidan, Li, Siqi
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