We show that a firm's one-year-ahead capital investments and inventory increase (decrease) when peer firms' MD&A narratives become more optimistic (pessimistic). This finding is driven by firms that access peer firms' 10-K filings within seven days of filing, and remains after controlling for...

The release of earnings information has become less timely in recent years partly because firms increasingly disclose earnings concurrently with their periodic reports (e.g., 10-Ks, 10-Qs). We examine whether firms use voluntary disclosure to mitigate the negative economic consequences of less...

This paper examines whether the change in stock liquidity subsequent to voluntary disclosure is different between good news and bad news. Using voluntary 8-K filings, we find that the increase in stock liquidity is more pronounced for firms with good news disclosure than for firms with bad news...