PurposeThis study aims to examine whether the disclosure tone in earnings announcements is related to a firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance.Design/methodology/approachConsidering the lower likelihood of earnings management conducted by CSR-conscious firms, and the...

In contrast to the trend of research investigating why firms decide to release earnings forecasts to pre-empt any expected change in earnings, our study investigates how firms manage their earnings forecast strategy once they have decided to release earnings forecasts. Using a sample of 350...

We examine the contemporaneous and delayed market reaction to earnings announcements in a market setting characterised by strong disclosure regulation and enforcement. We evaluate the information content of four benchmarks of earnings announcement news: earnings in the previous year, analysts’...