Do Corporate Disclosures Constrain Strategic Analyst Behavior?

Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming.

Swedish House of Finance Research Paper No. 20-12

74 Pages Posted: 5 May 2020 Last revised: 15 Nov 2022

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Yen-Cheng Chang

National Taiwan University - Department of Finance; National Taiwan University - Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications

Alexander Ljungqvist

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Swedish House of Finance; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Kevin Tseng

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School; National Taiwan University - Department of Finance; National Taiwan University - Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications

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Date Written: November 6, 2022

Abstract

We show that analyst behavior changes in response to a randomly assigned shock that exogenously varies the timeliness and cost of accessing mandatory disclosures in the cross-section of investors: analysts reduce coverage and issue forecasts that are less optimistic, more accurate, less bold, and less informative. Our evidence supports the channel that analysts reduce a strategic component of their behavior: the changes are stronger among analysts with more strategic incentives, such as affiliated or retail-focused analysts. We conclude that mandatory disclosure can substitute for analyst information production, which is constrained by investors’ ability to verify forecasts using corporate filings.

Keywords: Financial Analysts, EDGAR, Mandatory Disclosure, Financial Intermediary

JEL Classification: G18, G29, G38, M41, M48

Suggested Citation

Chang, Yen-Cheng and Ljungqvist, Alexander and Ljungqvist, Alexander and Tseng, Kevin, Do Corporate Disclosures Constrain Strategic Analyst Behavior? (November 6, 2022). Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming., Swedish House of Finance Research Paper No. 20-12, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3579466 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3579466

Yen-Cheng Chang (Contact Author)

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Alexander Ljungqvist

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Kevin Tseng

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Taipei, 106
Taiwan

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