Does a Firm's Silence Drive Media Attention Away?

50 Pages Posted: 8 Apr 2021 Last revised: 17 Mar 2023

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Sasan Mansouri

Goethe University Frankfurt - Department of Finance

Date Written: April 8, 2022

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between firms' willingness to share value-relevant information and media coverage. Results indicate that firms reluctant to provide such information receive less coverage, particularly from professional business media. A poor information environment limits media's ability to generate new information but not dissemination of existing information. These findings challenge the idea that audience demand dictates media coverage, emphasizing supply-side factors and revealing complex dynamics between firms and media in shaping the information environment.

Keywords: non-answers; conference calls; media coverage; non-professional business media

JEL Classification: D82, G14, G30

Suggested Citation

Mansouri, Sasan, Does a Firm's Silence Drive Media Attention Away? (April 8, 2022). Proceedings of the EUROFIDAI-ESSEC Paris December Finance Meeting 2022, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3809792 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3809792

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