What you are and what you do : the effect of noun-verb framing in earnings conference calls

• Main Author: Yang, Yanjia
• Other Authors: TAN, Hun Tong
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Business::Accounting
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137958
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Managers can describe their firms using label nouns (e.g., “our company is a provider of personalized services”) or action verbs (e.g., “our company provides personalized services”). I present a theory predicting that noun-verb framing affects investors’ perceptions of firm stability and growth. I c...