Giving context to accounting numbers: The role of news coverage

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 673-679

  Chen, Kuo Tay ^a   Lu, Hsin Min ^a   Chen, Tsai Jyh ^b   Li, Shu Hsing ^a,c   Lian, Jian Shuen ^a   Chen, Hsinchun ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings response coefficient (ERC); Event study; Information content of earnings; News coverage effect

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RETURNS; EARNINGS PER SHARE; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EVENT STUDIES; FINANCIAL NEWS; FIRM SIZE; INFORMATION CONTENTS; INFORMATION SOURCES; NEWS COVERAGE; RESPONSE COEFFICIENT; STOCK PRICE; WALL STREET JOURNAL;

EARNINGS; INDUSTRY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 79151475803     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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