Prior research documents positive effects of PCAOB oversight on reporting and audit quality. However, to gain a clear understanding of the net benefits of regulation, it is important to also investigate corresponding costs. To this end, we investigate the relation between PCAOB inspection...

Prior research finds that sell-side analysts are generally willing partners with company management in facilitating the consistent meeting or beating of earnings expectations. We examine analysts who demonstrate the opposite behavior: issuing an unusually optimistic earnings forecast at the end...

Companies commonly offer temporary price discounts to stimulate product demand. Despite the considerable impact that such promotional strategies have on performance, firms disclose limited information regarding the extent to which they provide discounts. In this study, I evaluate whether market...