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Financial reporting complexity and investor underreaction to 10-K information

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  • Haifeng You

    (Barclays Global Investors)

  • Xiao-jun Zhang

    (University of California)

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We study the immediate and delayed market reaction to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) EDGAR 10-K filings. Unusual trading volumes and stock-price movements are documented during the days around the 10-K filing dates. The abnormal price movements are positively associated with future accounting profitability, indicating that 10-K reports contain useful information about future firm performance. In addition, investors’ reaction to 10-K information seems sluggish, as demonstrated by the stock-price drift during the 12-month period after 10-K filing. We find that investors’ underreaction tends to be stronger for firms with more complex 10-K reports.

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  • Haifeng You & Xiao-jun Zhang, 2009. "Financial reporting complexity and investor underreaction to 10-K information," Review of Accounting Studies, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 559-586, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:reaccs:v:14:y:2009:i:4:d:10.1007_s11142-008-9083-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s11142-008-9083-2
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    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
    • D53 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Financial Markets
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting

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