Examining the role of semi-professional analysts in facilitating price formation following corporate earnings announcements, we evidence how openly available earnings research posted by contributors to the Seeking Alpha (SA) internet platform improves price formation. In particular, stocks in...

We examine shareholder monitoring in the context of executive pay–carbon performance sensitivity among U.S. firms. While corporates are under pressure to curb their greenhouse gas emissions, still little is known about the incentive structures for managers in this context. We document that a...

We examine whether, and how, shareholders' votes in the Say-on-Pay (SOP) are affected by the readability of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A). Despite the SEC's Plain English requirement, qualitative disclosures on executive remuneration are generally long and complex. Extant...