Voluntary disclosure of accruals in earnings press releases and the pricing of accruals

Shai Levi ()
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Shai Levi: University of California

Review of Accounting Studies, 2008, vol. 13, issue 1, No 1, 21 pages

Abstract: Abstract This study investigates firms’ decisions to disclose accruals information in earnings press releases versus to provide it only in 10-Q filings and the impact of this disclosure on the pricing of accruals. I find that firms disclose accruals in their press releases when earnings alone are a weak indication of cash flow performance and that following these disclosures the accruals information is fully impounded into stock prices. The evidence suggests that when investor demand for accruals is likely to exist and firms disclose the information in earnings press releases, the mispricing typically associated with accruals is mitigated.

Keywords: Accrual anomaly; Earnings press releases; Market efficiency; Voluntary disclosure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G14 M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s11142-007-9059-7

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