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Identifying Peer Firms: Evidence from EDGAR Search TrafficCharles M.C. LeeStanford University - Graduate School of Business Paul MaStanford University - Department of Economics Charles C. Y. WangHarvard Business School November 21, 2012 Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 13-048 Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 128 Abstract: Using Internet traffic patterns from the Securities and Exchange Commission Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) website, we show that firms appearing in chronologically adjacent searches by the same individual are fundamentally similar on multiple dimensions. In fact, traffic-based peer firms identified by our algorithm significantly outperform peer firms based on six-digit Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) groupings in explaining cross-sectional variations in base firms’ stock returns, valuation multiples, forecasted and realized growth rates, research and development expenditures, and various other key financial ratios. Our results highlight the usefulness of EDGAR data, as well as the latent intelligence in search traffic patterns.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 38 Keywords: peer firms, EDGAR search traffic, revealed preference JEL Classification: G0, M2 working papers seriesDate posted: November 6, 2012 ; Last revised: February 21, 2013Suggested CitationContact Information
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