Retail investors and ESG news

Q Li, EM Watts, C Zhu - Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
An important debate exists around the extent to which retail investors make sustainable
investments and, if they do, why. We contribute to this debate by investigating the aggregate …

Corporate risk disclosures in turbulent times: An international analysis in the global financial crisis

K Lajili, TM Li, L Chourou, M Dobler… - Journal of International …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Focusing on the global financial crisis period, this paper examines risk disclosure patterns
and outcomes in a cross‐country setting. We build on prior risk disclosure literature and …

Standard error biases when using generated regressors in accounting research

W Chen, P Hribar, S Melessa - Journal of accounting research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze the standard error bias associated with the use of generated regressors—
independent variables generated from first‐step regressions—in accounting research …

Beyond the event window: Earnings horizon and the informativeness of earnings announcements

KC Smith - The Accounting Review, 2024 - publications.aaahq.org
The impact of earnings announcements (EAs) on investor uncertainty depends not only on
how much new information they contain but also on how long it would take comparable …

[PDF][PDF] Earnings quality

D Nissim - … School Research Paper Forthcoming. Assessed from …, 2021 - researchgate.net
This monograph provides a thorough review of earnings quality issues and analysis. Its
primary objectives are to help gain a deep understanding of earnings quality and facilitate …

The impact of differential risk disclosures: Evidence from cross-listed firms in China and Hong Kong

P Brockman, X Gao, X Li, Y Xu - International Review of Economics & …, 2023 - Elsevier
We hand-collect and process mandatory risk disclosures from the annual reports of firms that
are cross-listed in both the Chinese and Hong Kong stock markets from 2009 to 2015. We …

Changes in Risk Factor Disclosures and the Variance Risk Premium.

MR Lyle, EJ Riedl, F Siano - Accounting Review, 2023 - publications.aaahq.org
This paper examines how changes in risk disclosures affect uncertainty about risk. We
measure changes in risk disclosures using the addition and removal of individual risk factors …

Accounting for risk

S Penman - Foundations and Trends® in Accounting, 2021 - nowpublishers.com
This monograph reports on developing research that assesses the risk of equity investing
from financial statements. The relevant information is conveyed by accounting numbers …

Learning about risk-factor exposures from earnings: Implications for asset pricing and manipulation

A Beyer, KC Smith - Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
When valuing a firm, investors must assess not only its expected future cash flows but also
the systematic risk inherent in these cash flows. In this paper, we model the process by …

Risk information, investor learning, and informational feedback

K Smith - Review of Accounting Studies, 2024 - Springer
This paper studies how public information regarding a firm's riskiness affects investors'
incentives to acquire information about the firm and the firm's ability to learn decision-useful …