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Corporate Disclosure, Market Valuation, and Firm Performance
Author(s) -
Jiao Yawen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
financial management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.647
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1755-053X
pISSN - 0046-3892
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-053x.2011.01156.x
Subject(s) - valuation (finance) , business , earnings , enterprise value , accounting , positive correlation , market value , stock (firearms) , stock price , medicine , mechanical engineering , paleontology , series (stratigraphy) , engineering , biology
In this paper, I study the relationship between the Association for Investment Management and Research disclosure rankings and several corporate performance measures. I find a positive relationship between these rankings and stock returns. Furthermore, disclosure rankings are highly correlated with firm value. Specifically, Qs of firms ranked at the top of disclosure rankings are 35% higher than those of firms ranked at the bottom. I also find positive associations between disclosure rankings and future net profit margins, sales growth, and research and development intensity. Finally, I document a positive correlation between changes in disclosure rankings and future earnings surprises.