Information transfer and conference calls

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Brochet, Francois; Kolev, Kahn; Lerman, Alina
• 署名单位: Boston University; City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY); University of Connecticut
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1380-6653
• DOI: 10.1007/s11142-018-9444-4
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 907-957
• 关键词: EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS; analysts; price; investor; volume

摘要

A long-standing literature documents intra-industry capital market co-movements around earnings releases, yet the dynamics of these information transfers remain largely unexplored. We provide evidence on both the sources and channels of information transfers by separating two distinct events within the reporting window using intra-day data and by exploring potential mechanisms of information flows. We document that the co-movement of absolute and signed stock returns over the conference call windows of announcing firms and their industry peers are statistically and economically larger than the co-movement over the corresponding earnings announcement windows. Turning to mechanisms, we find that shared analyst coverage, coverage by analysts providing industry recommendations, shared institutional ownership, and joint financial media mentions are each individually and incrementally associated with higher rate of information transfer over both the earnings announcement and conference call windows. Textual analyses reveal that peer mentions and macroeconomic discussions both significantly contribute to conference call information transfers.