Regulation Fair Disclosure and Earnings Information: Market, Analyst, and Corporate Responses
50 Pages Posted: 1 Apr 2003
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Regulation Fair Disclosure and Earnings Information: Market, Analyst, and Corporate Responses
Date Written: March 3, 2003
Abstract
With the adoption of Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD), market behavior around earnings releases displays no significant change in return volatility (after controlling for decimalization of stock trading) but significant increases in trading volume due to difference in opinion. Analyst forecast dispersion increases, and increases in other measures of disagreement and difference of opinion suggest greater difficulty in forming forecasts beyond the current quarter. Corporations increase the quantity of voluntary disclosures, but only for current quarter earnings. Thus, Reg FD seems to increase the quantity of information available to the public while demanding more effort and struggle from investment professionals.
Keywords: Regulation Fair Disclosure, Reg FD, earnings announcements, market reaction, event study
JEL Classification: G18, G14, G29, K22, M41, M45
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