Strategic News Releases in Equity Vesting Months

Alex Edmans, Luis Goncalves-Pinto, Yanbo Wang and Moqi Groen-Xu

No 20476, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We show that CEOs strategically time corporate news releases to coincide with months in which their equity vests. These vesting months are determined by equity grants made several years prior, and thus unlikely driven by the current information environment. CEOs reallocate news into vesting months, and away from prior and subsequent months. They release 5% more discretionary news in vesting months than prior months, but there is no difference for non-discretionary news. These news releases lead to favourable media coverage, suggesting they are positive in tone. They also generate a temporary run-up in stock prices and market liquidity, potentially resulting from increased investor attention or reduced information asymmetry. The CEO takes advantage of these effects by cashing out shortly after the news releases.

JEL-codes: G14 G34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-09
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Published as Alex Edmans & Luis Goncalves-Pinto & Moqi Groen-Xu & Yanbo Wang, 2018. "Strategic News Releases in Equity Vesting Months," The Review of Financial Studies, vol 31(11), pages 4099-4141.

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