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Does Silence Speak? An Empirical Analysis of Disclosure Choices During Conference Calls

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HOLLANDER, STEPHAN, PRONK, MAARTEN, ROELOFSEN, ERIK·2010·Journal of Accounting Research
DOI 10.1111/j.1475-679x.2010.00365.x
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In this paper, we exploit the open nature of conference calls to explore whether managers withhold information from the investing public. Our evidence suggests that managers regularly leave participants on the conference call in the dark by not answering their questions. We find that the best predictors of such an event are firm size, a CEO's stock price–based incentives, company age, firm performance, litigation risk, and whether analysts are actively involved during the call's Q&A section. Finally, we document strong support for the assumption maintained in the literature that investors interpret silence negatively. That is, investors seem to interpret no news as bad news.

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Authors
HOLLANDER, S., PRONK, M., & ROELOFSEN, E.
Venue
Journal of Accounting Research
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2010-04-09
Volume
48
Issue
3
Pages
531-563
ISSN
  • 0021-8456 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-679X
DOI
10.1111/j.1475-679x.2010.00365.x
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Language
en
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HOLLANDER, S., PRONK, M., & ROELOFSEN, E. (2010). Does Silence Speak? An Empirical Analysis of Disclosure Choices During Conference Calls. Journal of Accounting Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-679x.2010.00365.x

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