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Dynamic Information Disclosure

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  • Martin Dierker
  • Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

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We explore the optimal timing of voluntary disclosures when firms and outside investors have correlated but not identical signals. By delaying disclosure of their signal, firms encourage the acquisition of information by investors by reducing the latter's exposure to the long†term risk of holding the asset. Immediate disclosure reduces rents from acquiring the correlated signal, and thus is sometimes suboptimal in a dynamic setting. We characterize conditions under which postponing disclosure is preferable, which allows us to develop predictions on the timing of voluntary information disclosures such as management guidance.Les auteurs s'interrogent sur le moment optimal de la communication d'information facultative lorsque les signaux émis par les sociétés et reçus par les investisseurs externes sont en corrélation sans toutefois être identiques. En retardant la communication de leur signal, les sociétés encouragent l'acquisition d'information par les investisseurs en réduisant l'exposition de ces derniers au risque à long terme lié à la détention de l'actif. En revanche, la communication immédiate de l'information réduit les avantages de l'acquisition du signal en corrélation, ce qui fait qu'elle est parfois sous†optimale dans un contexte dynamique. Les auteurs définissent les circonstances dans lesquelles la communication tardive de l'information est préférable, ce qui leur permet d’élaborer des prédictions quant au choix du moment de la communication d'information facultative comme celle d'indications de la direction.

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  • Martin Dierker & Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, 2017. "Dynamic Information Disclosure," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(1), pages 601-621, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:34:y:2017:i:1:p:601-621
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12225
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    1. Ravi Sen & Joobin Choobineh & Subodha Kumar, 2020. "Determinants of Software Vulnerability Disclosure Timing," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 29(11), pages 2532-2552, November.
    2. Zhang, Wei & Huang, Ke & Feng, Xu & Zhang, Yongjie, 2017. "Market maker competition and price efficiency: Evidence from China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 121-131.
    3. Rahul Menon & Lin Nan, 2023. "Sooner or later? A study of report timing," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 32(3), pages 762-779, March.
    4. Florian Eugster, 2020. "Endogeneity and the Dynamics of Voluntary Disclosure Quality: Is there Really an Effect on the Cost of Equity Capital?," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(4), pages 2590-2614, December.

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