Regulators claim that increased mandated disclosure frequency should lead to more efficient price formation. However, analytical models suggest that mandating disclosure may actually impede the price formation process, and prior empirical studies have been unable to document a relation between...

This study explores the factors associated with companies' regulatory filing choices surrounding the restatement of previously filed financial statements. Companies have three regulatory filing alternatives of decreasing transparency: file an 8-K report, file an amended report, or restate the...