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Earnings Attribution and Information Transfers

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  • David S. Koo
  • J. Julie Wu
  • P. Eric Yeung

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Managers frequently attribute the news in their earnings forecasts to various economic events. Using textual analysis, we identify the economic factors underlying earnings news from press releases. We document a wide range of industry†wide shocks and firm†specific actions to which the earnings news in management forecasts is attributed. As expected, earnings attributions significantly affect peer firms’ price reactions to the earnings news. Specifically, earnings news attributed to industry†wide trends or firm structural changes leads to positive information transfers but earnings news attributed to firm competitive moves triggers negative information transfers. Information transfers are much stronger when each economic factor is mentioned the first time in a given industry†year. Further analysis reveals that the strength of information transfers varies with firm†level rivalry within the industry (i.e., similar business strategies, market position, and level of competition).Dans leurs prévisions de résultats, les dirigeants attribuent souvent les nouvelles qu'ils communiquent à divers événements économiques. À l'aide d'une analyse textuelle, les auteurs recensent les facteurs économiques sous†jacents aux nouvelles relatives aux résultats publiées dans les communiqués de presse. Ils relèvent un vaste éventail de chocs de portée sectorielle et de décisions propres aux entreprises auxquels les nouvelles relatives aux résultats que contiennent les prévisions de la direction peuvent être attribuées. Conformément aux prévisions, les facteurs auxquels sont attribués les résultats ont une incidence sensible sur les réactions du cours des titres des entreprises homologues aux nouvelles relatives aux résultats. Plus précisément, les nouvelles relatives aux résultats qui sont attribuées à des tendances sectorielles ou à des changements structurels de l'entreprise engendrent des transferts d'information positifs, mais les nouvelles relatives aux résultats qui sont attribuées à des tactiques concurrentielles engendrent des transferts d'information négatifs. Les transferts d'information sont beaucoup plus marqués lorsque chaque facteur économique est mentionné pour la première fois dans un secteur et une année donnés. Une analyse plus approfondie révèle que la force des transferts d'information varie avec la rivalité des entreprises du secteur (c'est†à †dire la similarité de leurs stratégies d'activité, leur position sur le marché et l'intensité de la concurrence qu'elles se livrent).

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  • David S. Koo & J. Julie Wu & P. Eric Yeung, 2017. "Earnings Attribution and Information Transfers," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(3), pages 1547-1579, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:34:y:2017:i:3:p:1547-1579
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12308
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