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Investing in Good Governance

Editor’s Note: Lucian Bebchuk is a Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School. This post is based on an op-ed article by...

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Giving Good Guidance: What Every Public Company Should Know

Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Alexander F. Cohen, partner and co-chair of the national office of Latham & Watkins LLP. This post is based on a Latham & Watkins client alert...

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How Do Investors Interpret Announcements of Earnings Delays?

Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Tiago Duarte-Silva of Charles River Associates, Huijing Fu of the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Christopher Noe of MIT Sloan School of...

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Bebchuk, Cohen, and Wang Win the 2013 IRRCi Academic Award for “Learning and...

In an award ceremony held in New York City on Tuesday, the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCi) announced the winners of its the 2013 prize competition. The academic award, coming...

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Curbing Short-Termism in Corporate America: Focus on Executive Compensation

Editor's Note: Robert Pozen is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. The protest against short termism in corporate America is rising. Business...

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How Foreign Firms Communicate with US Investors

Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Russell Lundholm, Rafael Rogo, and Jenny Li Zhang, all of the Accounting Division at the University of British Columbia. Foreign companies that trade...

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Market (In)Attention and the Strategic Scheduling and Timing of Earnings...

Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Ed deHaan of the Accounting Area at Stanford University; Terry Shevlin, Professor of Accounting at the University of California, Irvine; and Jake...

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Corporate Use of Social Media

Posted by James Naughton, Northwestern University, on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Editor's Note: James Naughton is Assistant Professor of Accounting at Northwestern University. This post is based on...

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Firms and Earnings Guidance

Posted by Kristian Allee, University of Wisconsin, on Monday, September 14, 2015 Editor's Note: Kristian Allee is Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Wisconsin. This post is based on...

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Opportunism as a Managerial Trait

Posted by David Hirshleifer, University of California, Irvine, on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Editor's Note: David Hirshleifer is Professor of Finance at the University of California, Irvine. This post...

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Are Institutions Informed About News?

Posted by Norman Schürhoff, Swiss Finance Institute, on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Editor's Note: Norman Schürhoff is Professor of Finance at the Swiss Finance Institute. This post is based on an...

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Information, Analysts, and Stock Return Comovement

Posted by Allaudeen Hameed, National University of Singapore, on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Editor's Note: Allaudeen Hameed is a Professor of Finance at National University of Singapore. This post is...

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Public Audit Oversight and Reporting Credibility

Posted by Christian Leuz, University of Chicago, on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Editor's Note: Christian Leuz is the Sondheimer Professor of International Economics, Finance and Accounting at the...

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The Real Effects of Share Repurchases

Posted by Mathias Kronlund, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on Monday, February 8, 2016 Editor's Note: Mathias Kronlund is Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois at...

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Halliburton II: Presumption of Reliance

Posted by Brad S. Karp, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, on Saturday, April 16, 2016 Editor's Note: Brad S. Karp is chairman and partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison...

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What Do Insiders Know?

Posted by Peter Cziraki, University of Toronto, on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Editor's Note: Peter Cziraki is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto. This post is based on an article...

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Corporate Use of Social Media

Posted by Matteo Tonello, The Conference Board, Inc., on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Editor's Note: Matteo Tonello is managing director at The Conference Board, Inc. This post relates to an issue of The...

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SEC Guidance and Non-GAAP Measures

Posted by Meredith B. Cross, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, on Saturday, June 11, 2016 Editor's Note: Meredith B. Cross is a partner in the Transactional and Securities Departments at...

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures: The SEC’s Evolving Views

Posted by Nicolas Grabar and Sandra Flow, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Friday, June 24, 2016 Editor's Note: Nicolas Grabar and Sandra L. Flow are partners in the New York office of...

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Does the Market Value CEO Styles?

Posted by Luo Zuo, Cornell University, on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Editor's Note: Luo Zuo is Assistant Professor of Accounting at Cornell University. This post is based on an article authored by...

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