Readability of 10-K reports and stock price crash risk

This study shows that less readable 10‐K reports are associated with higher stock price crash risk. The results are consistent with the argument that managers can successfully hide adverse information by writing complex financial reports, which leads to stock price crashes when the hidden bad news a...

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Main Authors: KIM, Chansog (Francis), WANG, Ke, ZHANG, Liandong
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
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SOX
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1783
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2810/viewcontent/Readability_of_10_K_Reports_2008_pp.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English