How does readability influence investors' judgments? Consistency of benchmark performance matters
We conduct two experiments to investigate how readability (high versus low) and benchmark performance consistency (consistent versus inconsistent) influence investors' judgments. Using prior management guidance and year-ago quarter performance as two benchmarks against which to assess actual ea...
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Main Authors: | Zhou, Bo, Tan, Hun-Tong, Wang, Elaine Ying |
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Other Authors: | Nanyang Business School |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2015
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96782 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25649 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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