This study examines the unintended effects of a pre-Reg FD practice that gave a broad group of sophisticated market participants 15-minute earlier access to all corporate press releases than the general public. We find that this priority dissemination practice contributed to 22 percent of the...

We describe the challenges of forecasting earnings in a globally interconnected marketplace, and we document inefficient use of information regarding foreign country exposures and expected country GDP growth at the consensus and individual forecast levels. A country's proximity to the US,...

We documented that announcements of a delay in the reporting of earnings produce an average one-day abnormal stock return of approximately -6%, with delays precipitated by accounting issues or lacking an explanation resulting in more negative market reactions than delays relating to business...