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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Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2019
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