Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

Postprint

Publication Date

12-2013

Abstract

In this paper, we first document evidence of underreaction to management forecast news. We then hypothesize that the credibility of the forecast influences the magnitude of this underreaction. Relying on evidence that more credible forecasts are associated with a larger reaction in the short window around the management forecasts and a smaller post-management forecast drift in returns, we show that the magnitude of the underreaction is smaller for firms that provide more credible forecasts. Our paper contributes to the literature by providing out-of-sample evidence of the drift in returns documented in the post-earnings-announcement drift literature, with the credibility of the news being one explanation for the phenomenon.

Keywords

Market efficiency, Credibility, Voluntary disclosure

Discipline

Accounting | Corporate Finance

Research Areas

Financial Performance Analysis

Publication

Review of Accounting Studies

Volume

18

Issue

4

First Page

956

Last Page

986

ISSN

1380-6653

Identifier

10.1007/s11142-012-9217-4

Publisher

Springer

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