Joshua Livnat

New York University

Professor, Accounting

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1.

Investor Sentiment, Post-Earnings Announcement Drift, and Accruals

AAA 2009 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2009
Joshua Livnat and Christine Petrovits
New York University and College of William and Mary - Mason School of Business
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investor sentiment, post-earnings announcement drift, accruals, anomalies

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Option Prices Leading Equity Prices: Do Option Traders Have an Information Advantage?

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Option Prices Leading Equity Prices: Do Option Traders Have an Information Advantage?

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 12-4
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2012
Wen Jin, Joshua Livnat and Yuan Zhang
Quantitative Management Associates, New York University and University of Texas at Dallas
Downloads 1,078 (28,466)
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Option Prices Leading Equity Prices: Do Option Traders Have an Information Advantage?

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Jan 2012
Wen Jin, Joshua Livnat and Yuan Zhang
Quantitative Management Associates, New York University and University of Texas at Dallas
Downloads 462 (87,417)
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Volatility Skew, Volatility Spread, Information Advantage

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Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift: The Role of Revenue Surprises and Earnings Persistence

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Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift: The Role of Revenue Surprises and Earnings Persistence

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Jul 2003
Joshua Livnat
New York University
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revenue forecasts, revenue surprises, post-earnings announcement drift, persistence

Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift: The Role of Revenue Surprises and Earnings Persistence

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/27572
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Oct 2008
Joshua Livnat
New York University
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Accounting Restatements: Are They Always Bad News for Investors?

Journal of Investing, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Nov 2005
Jeffrey L. Callen, Joshua Livnat and Dan Segal
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, New York University and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah
Downloads 1,258 (23,090)
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restatements, accounting errors, accounting principles

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Optimal Holdings of Active, Passive and Smart Beta Strategies

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2018
Edmund Bellord, Joshua Livnat, Dan Porter and Martin Tarlie
Quantitative Management Associates (QMA) LLC, New York University, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC and GMO
Downloads 1,158 (26,075)

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Portfolio Management, Smart Beta, Factor Investing, Passive Index, Enhanced Index, Factor Allocation, Asset Allocation, Modern Portfolio Theory, Mean Variance, Tracking Error, Shortfall, Optimization

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The Incremental Information Content of Tone Change in Management Discussion and Analysis

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The Incremental Information Content of Tone Change in Management Discussion and Analysis

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Ronen Feldman, Suresh Govindaraj, Joshua Livnat and Benjamin Segal
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration, Rutgers University - Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, New York University and Fordham University
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Tone, SEC filings, MD&A, Earnings surprises, Accruals

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Labor Costs and Investments in Human Capital

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Labor Costs and Investments in Human Capital

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 May 2000
Marta Ballester, Joshua Livnat and Nishi Sinha
Universidad de Malaga, New York University and Analysis Group
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Labor Costs and Investments in Human Capital

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2002
Posted: 04 Mar 2008
Marta Ballester, Joshua Livnat and Nishi Sinha
Universidad de Malaga, New York University and Analysis Group

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Management's Tone Change, Post Earnings Announcement Drift and Accruals

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 20 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2009
Ronen Feldman, Suresh Govindaraj, Joshua Livnat and Benjamin Segal
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration, Rutgers University - Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, New York University and Fordham University
Downloads 875 (38,877)
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Textual analysis, earnings drift, accruals, earnings surprises, management tone change, MD&A

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The High-Volume Return Premium and Post-Earnings Announcement Drift

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Apr 2008
Alina Lerman, Joshua Livnat and Richard R. Mendenhall
University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting, New York University and University of Notre Dame - Department of Finance
Downloads 853 (40,223)
Citation 25

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Market efficiency, Trading volume, High-volume return premium, Post-earnings announcement drift

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Are Critical Audit Matters Informative?

NYU Stern School of Business Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Sep 2020
Julia Klevak, Joshua Livnat, Duo Selina Pei and Kate Suslava
Prudential Financial - Quantitative Management Associates, New York University, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School and Bucknell University Freeman College of Management
Downloads 763 (46,693)
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auditor reports, textual analysis, critical audit matters, abnormal returns

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Differential Persistence of Extremely Negative and Positive Earnings Surprises: Implications for the Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Aug 2003
Joshua Livnat
New York University
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Post-earnings-announcement-drift, fourth quarter, persistence

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Are Extended Hours Prices Predictive of Subsequent Stock Returns?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2016
Shai Levi, Joshua Livnat, Li Zhang and Xiao-Jun Zhang
Tel Aviv University, New York University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Accounting and University of California, Berkeley
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Extended hours trading, earnings announcements, stock recommendation changes, SEC filings, under-reaction

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Earnings Guidance after Regulation Fd

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Earnings Guidance after Regulation Fd

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Aug 2003
Ronen Feldman, Ron Lazer and Joshua Livnat
Bar-Ilan University - Department of Computer Science, New York University (NYU) - Department of Accounting and New York University
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management forecast, earnings guidance, text mining, regulation FD

Earnings Guidance after Regulation Fd

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/27574
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Oct 2008
Ronen Feldman, Ron Lazer and Joshua Livnat
Bar-Ilan University - Department of Computer Science, New York University (NYU) - Department of Accounting and New York University
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The Impact of Earnings on the Pricing of Credit Default Swaps

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The Impact of Earnings on the Pricing of Credit Default Swaps

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Dec 2006
Jeffrey L. Callen, Joshua Livnat and Dan Segal
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, New York University and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah
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Credit Default Swaps, credit risk, earnings

The Impact of Earnings on the Pricing of Credit Default Swaps

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 03 Dec 2008
Jeffrey L. Callen, Joshua Livnat and Dan Segal
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, New York University and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah

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Credit Default Swaps, Earnings, Default Risk, Cash Flows, Accruals

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The Post Earnings Announcement Drift and Option Traders

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2013
Suresh Govindaraj, Sangsang Liu and Joshua Livnat
Rutgers University - Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers Business School at Newark & New Brunswick and New York University
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Post-Earnings Announcement Drift Anomaly, Risk Premium Hypothesis, Under-Reaction Hypothesis, Implied (Option) Volatility

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Insider Trading and Analyst Forecast Revisions: Global Evidence

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Jan 2013
Wen Jin, Joshua Livnat and Yuan Zhang
Quantitative Management Associates, New York University and University of Texas at Dallas
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The New Form 8-K Disclosures

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2010
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2017
Alina Lerman and Joshua Livnat
University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting and New York University
Downloads 443 (92,607)
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Who, if Anyone, Reacts to Accrual Information?

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 53, No. 1-2, 2012
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2017
Robert H. Battalio, Alina Lerman, Joshua Livnat and Richard R. Mendenhall
University of Notre Dame - Department of Finance, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting, New York University and University of Notre Dame - Department of Finance
Downloads 417 (99,289)
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Market efficiency, Anomalies, Accruals, Earnings

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Benefits of Having a Female CFO

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2022
Julia Klevak, Joshua Livnat and Kate Suslava
Prudential Financial - Quantitative Management Associates, New York University and Bucknell University Freeman College of Management
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gender, conference calls, textual analysis, euphemisms, abnormal returns

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Using Option Implied Volatilities to Predict Absolute Stock Returns - Evidence from Earnings Announcements and Annual Shareholders’ Meetings

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Sep 2014
Suresh Govindaraj, Wen Jin, Joshua Livnat and Chen Zhao
Rutgers University - Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, Quantitative Management Associates (QMA) LLC, New York University and Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick
Downloads 347 (122,291)
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Earnings Announcement, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Option Implied Volatility, Absolute Stock Return

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Information Interpretation or Information Discovery: Which Role of Analysts Do Investors Value More?

Downloads 326 (130,779)
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Information Interpretation or Information Discovery: Which Role of Analysts Do Investors Value More?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2011
Joshua Livnat and Yuan Zhang
New York University and University of Texas at Dallas
Downloads 326 (130,029)
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Information Interpretation or Information Discovery: Which Role of Analysts Do Investors Value More?

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 08 Feb 2012
Joshua Livnat and Yuan Zhang
New York University and University of Texas at Dallas

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Accounting Restatements: Are They Always Bad News for Investors?

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/27575
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Oct 2008
Jeffrey L. Callen, Joshua Livnat and Dan Segal
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, New York University and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah
Downloads 286 (149,900)
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Modified IR As a Predictor of Fund Performance

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Nov 2015
Joshua Livnat, Gavin Smith and Martin Tarlie
New York University, Prudential Financial - Quantitative Management Associates and GMO
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Modified Information Ratio, Fund selection, Predicting Fund Performance

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Market Reaction to Quantitative and Qualitative Order Backlog Disclosures

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2018
Ronen Feldman, Suresh Govindaraj, Joshua Livnat and Kate Suslava
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration, Rutgers University - Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, New York University and Bucknell University Freeman College of Management
Downloads 196 (215,532)
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earnings surprise, future sales growth, order backlog, qualitative disclosures, stock returns

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Divided We Fall

NYU Stern School of Business Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Dec 2020
Joshua Livnat, Amir Rubin and Dan Segal
New York University, Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah
Downloads 156 (261,816)

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Congress, Regulation, Industry

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The Impact of Earnings on the Pricing of Credit Default Swaps

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/27576
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Oct 2008
Jeffrey L. Callen, Joshua Livnat and Dan Segal
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, New York University and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah
Downloads 155 (263,157)
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Labor Costs and Investments in Human Capital

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/27573
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Oct 2008
Marta Ballester, Joshua Livnat and Nishi Sinha
affiliation not provided to SSRN, New York University and Analysis Group
Downloads 132 (298,467)
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Orders Backlog in Earnings Conference Calls

NYU Stern School of Business
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Jul 2020
Ronen Feldman, Suresh Govindaraj, Joshua Livnat and Kate Suslava
Bar-Ilan University - Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University - Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, New York University and Bucknell University Freeman College of Management
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order backlog, conference calls, qualitative disclosures, stock returns

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Earnings Revisions in SEC Filings from Prior Preliminary Announcements

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Jan 2011
Dana Hollie, Joshua Livnat and Benjamin Segal
The University of Toledo, New York University and Fordham University
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market efficiency, asset pricing, earnings announcement, SEC filings, earnings revisions

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Eternal Sunshine: Are U.S. Analysts More Optimistic than Foreign Analysts?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2014
Joshua Livnat and Li Zhang
New York University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Accounting
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U.S. analysts, Foreign analysts, Optimistic bias

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Reevaluation of Revaluations: A Cross-Country Examination of the Motives and Effects on Future Performance

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 34, No. 7-8, pp. 1025-1050, September/October 2007
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Oct 2007
Benzion Barlev, Dov Fried, Joshua Rene Haddad and Joshua Livnat
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and New York University
Downloads 18 (718,306)
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A New Uncertainty Measure - CAM

NYU Stern School of Business
Posted: 10 Aug 2020
Julia Klevak, Joshua Livnat, Duo Selina Pei and Kate Suslava
Prudential Financial - Quantitative Management Associates, New York University, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School and Bucknell University Freeman College of Management

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critical audit matters, stock returns, textual analysis

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Analysts’ Earnings Forecast, Recommendation and Target Price Revisions

https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2012.38.3.120
Posted: 21 May 2019
Ronen Feldman, Joshua Livnat and Yuan Zhang
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration, New York University and University of Texas at Dallas

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Is There News in the Timing of Earnings Announcements?

Journal of Investing, Forthcoming
Posted: 17 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2015
Joshua Livnat and Li Zhang
New York University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Accounting

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Timing, Earnings announcements, Trading strategy

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Large Price Changes and Subsequent Returns

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Large Price Changes and Subsequent Returns

Journal of Investment Management, 2013
Posted: 13 Sep 2014
Suresh Govindaraj, Joshua Livnat, Pavel G. Savor and Chen Zhao
Rutgers University - Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, New York University, DePaul University - Kellstadt Graduate School of Businessaffiliation not provided to SSRN and Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick

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Analyst price target revisions, Analyst earnings forecast revisions, Large price changes, Trading strategy

Large Price Changes and Subsequent Returns

Journal of Investment Management (JOIM), Third Quarter 2014
Posted: 16 Nov 2014
Suresh Govindaraj, Joshua Livnat, Pavel G. Savor and Zhao Chen
Rutgers University - Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, New York University, DePaul University - Kellstadt Graduate School of Businessaffiliation not provided to SSRN and Independent

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Large price changes, analyst revisions, earnings forecasts, target price, abnormal returns, momentum, reversals

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Conditional Versus Unconditional Persistence of RNOA Components: Implications for Valuation

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 20 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2010
Eli Amir, Itay Kama and Joshua Livnat
Tel Aviv University, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and New York University

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Persistence, DuPont Decomposition, Market Reaction, Financial Analysis, Ratios

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Quarterly Accruals or Cash Flows in Portfolio Construction?

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 64, No. 3, 2008
Posted: 11 Sep 2008
Joshua Livnat and Germán López-Espinosa
New York University and School of Economics - University of Navarra and IESE Business School

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Portfolio Management: Equity Strategies, Equity Investments, Fundamental Analysis and Valuation Models, Industry Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial and Ratio Analysis

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First Come First Disserved

Journal of Investment Management, Vol. 6, No. 2, Second Quarter 2008
Posted: 15 May 2008
Joseph A. Cerniglia and Joshua Livnat
New York University (NYU) - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and New York University

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Standardized unexpected earnings, drift, abnormal returns, timelines of earnings, industry information transfer

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Double Surprise into Higher Future Returns

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 63-71, July/August 2007
Posted: 26 Jul 2007
Alina Lerman, Joshua Livnat and Richard R. Mendenhall
University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting, New York University and University of Notre Dame - Department of Finance

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Equity Investments, Research Sources, Fundamental Analysis and Valuation Models, Portfolio Management: Equity Strategies

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Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift: The Role of Revenue Surprises

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 22-34, April 2006
Posted: 22 May 2006
Narasimhan Jegadeesh and Joshua Livnat
Emory University - Department of Finance and New York University

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Equity Investments, Fundamental Analysis and Valuation Models, Portfolio Management, Equity Strategies

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The Information Content of Sec Filings and Information Environment: A Variance Decomposition Analysis

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 26 Mar 2006
Jeffrey L. Callen, Joshua Livnat and Dan Segal
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, New York University and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah

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SEC Filings, Value Relevance, Variance Decomposition

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The Economic Value of the R&D Intangible Asset

European Accounting Review, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2003
Posted: 04 Nov 2003
Marta Ballester, Manuel Garcia-Ayuso and Joshua Livnat
Universidad de Malaga, University of Seville and New York University

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R&D, Valuation Models, Intangibles, Fundamental Analysis

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Internet Traffic and Portfolio Returns

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 57, No. 3, May/June 2001
Posted: 31 Jul 2001
Baruch Lev, Ron Lazer and Joshua Livnat
New York University - Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU) - Department of Accounting and New York University

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A Free Cash Flow Investment Anomaly

As published in Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, Vol 15, No 1 (New Series, Winter 2000
Posted: 17 Sep 2000
Kenneth S. Hackel, Joshua Livnat and Atul Rai
Free Cash Flow, Inc., New York University and Wichita State University

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Capital Expenditures: Value-Relevance and Fourth-Quarter Effects

JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS, Vol 1, No 3, Spring 1996
Posted: 05 Jul 1998
Jeffrey L. Callen, Joshua Livnat and Stephen G. Ryan
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, New York University and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

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Modeling Dividends, Earnings, and Book Value Equity: An Empirical Investigation of the Ohlson Valuation Dynamics

REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING STUDIES, Vol 1, No. 3, 1997
Posted: 20 Dec 1996
Sasson Bar-Yosef, Jeffrey L. Callen and Joshua Livnat
Hebrew University, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and New York University

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