In this study, building upon the relative performance evaluation framework and agency theory we study issues related to long-term as well as short-term compensation for CIOs. We reveal that long-term CIO compensation is linked to a firm’s stock performance while short-term CIO compensation is...

This paper examines the relation between annual report boilerplate and firm performance and earnings persistence. Utilizing a neural network algorithm inspired by word2vec, we compute the annual report boilerplate, defined as the average probability of the occurring of each sentence in a given...

Amendments to NASD Rule 2711 and NYSE Rule 472, enacted in May 2002, mandate that sell-side analysts disclose the distribution of their security recommendations by category of buy, hold, and sell. This regulation enhances the transparency of analysts' information and mitigates the...

In this study, we examine whether the initiation of credit default swaps affects the reference entity's executive compensation design. With both human capital and financial capital highly associated with the firm's bankruptcy risk, risk averse managers prefer cash compensation over option...

This paper analyzes the usefulness of the forward-looking information disclosed in the annual report based on the 2011-2016 financial report of listed companies. We construct a new forward-looking information disclosure index based on the forward-looking information in the annual report...

Whether the narrative innovation disclosure in financial report captures incremental useful information content beyond traditional real innovative activities (i.e., R&D intensity and patent)? To what extent the narrative innovation disclosure is related to real innovative activities? Is there...

This paper investigates the effects of managerial myopia on investment behaviors in China. We construct a new indicator to measure managerial myopia by text analysis and machine learning methods based on the management discussion and analysis (MD&A) in A-share listed company's annual reports...

As an important indicator of earnings quality, earning persistence is perceived as the reflection of operation management and the quality of internal control. It facilitates the optimization of resource allocation and provides investors valuable insights. Strategy is described as the long-term...

This study investigates why financial analysts participate in non-covered firms’ conference calls. Consistent with the view that firms benefit from information commonalities and complementarities with connected peers, we hypothesize that analysts are more likely to participate in a non-covered...