We investigate whether mandatory earnings announcement date forecasts are informative to investors and the informational tradeoffs between mandatory and voluntary forecasts. We find: (i) The percentages of the quarter's earnings news conveyed by mandatory China and voluntary US forecasts are...

We investigate the stock price and trading volume effects of differential capital gains taxes applied to short and long-term capital gains when firms disclose public information. We extend the theoretical framework developed in Shackelford and Verrechia (2002) linking differential CGT to price...

This study provides evidence that short selling influences the disclosure of bad news by firms. Managers have incentives to withhold or delay the release of bad news. As informed traders, short sellers enhance the informativeness of stock prices, especially related to bad news, potentially...