Newly public companies are subject to a quot;quiet periodquot; restricting insiders and affiliated underwriters from issuing earnings forecasts and research reports regarding the firm for a specified period following the initial public offering (IPO). As soon as this quiet period ends, the...

Between 2009 and 2013, Theflyonthewall.com (FLY) leaks 58% of recommendation revisions with a median delay of 27 minutes relative to the I/B/E/S announcement time. We show FLY improves price discovery, but leaked recommendations hamper the ability of brokers to offer price improvement on trades...

Consistent with the monitoring role of analysts, we find work-related injury rates are negatively related to higher levels of analyst coverage. This result is robust to approaches designed to mitigate endogeneity concerns and is stronger in industries where unions are less powerful, for firms...