The first author is at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The second author is at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The third author is at Concordia University. They have received very helpful comments...

We examine the value of individual-level trust in private communication between sell-side analysts and a firm’s management. Based on Big Data and machine-learning techniques, we employ facial trustworthiness as a proxy for analysts’ trustworthiness in the eyes of management. We find that...

This study investigates whether and how a firm's voluntary adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) influences stock price synchronicity or the extent to which firm-specific information is capitalized into stock prices. We also study the role of analyst following and...

This study investigates the role of earnings and cash flows in equity valuation under severe uncertainty about firm fundamentals. We hypothesize that the valuation weight on cash flows (earnings) increases (decreases) with the degree of fundamental uncertainty because earnings, which include...