This study examines whether the board of directors penalizes CEOs and CFOs in the form of bonus cuts, fewer equity grants, and forced turnover for the act of barely missing the latest consensus analyst forecast and whether such penalties are consistent with efficient contracting or fixation. We...

This study examines the influence of investor sentiment on managers' discretionary disclosure of ldquo;pro formardquo; (adjusted) earnings metrics in earnings press releases. We find that managers' propensity to disclose an adjusted earnings metric increases with the level of investor sentiment...