Prior research suggests a negative relation between disclosure and costs of capital, but Francis, Nanda, and Olsson (2008; hereafter, FNO) find the relation weakens considerably or disappears after controlling for earnings quality. Their results suggest that prior research may incorrectly attribute...

Existing research documents that firms employing relatively high levels of stock option-based compensation more frequently report quarterly earnings that meet or exceed analysts' forecasts. This paper examines the roles of income-increasing accounting choices and management guidance to analysts...

Equity trading volume is increasingly moving to dark venues from lit exchanges. Theory provides opposing predictions about the effect of dark trading on stock price crash risk. The price efficiency theory predicts a negative relation while the liquidity externality theory predicts a positive...