This paper uses Glassdoor data and finds that the returns of similar employee satisfaction (SES) firms predict focal firm returns. A long-short portfolio sorted on the lagged returns of SES firms yields the Fama-French six-factor alpha of 135 bps per month. The observed predictability holds also...

Prior research shows that SEC comment letters provide useful information to outsiders of the firm. However, whether insiders such as boards of directors use SEC comment letters for the purpose of internal performance evaluation has not been studied. We find that firms reduce CEO annual bonuses...

This study examines management of operating cash flows, its causes, and the market's reaction to such management. Applying a Burgstahler and Dichev (1997)/Degeorge et al. (1999) type methodology and the best-fitted distribution method, I find indications that managers take actions to report...

We propose a unified framework to model the effects of implicit government guarantees on bond value. Implicit guarantees improve the value of highly rated corporate bonds through lowering the default probability of such bonds, serving the role of solvency protection. Additionally, guarantees...