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Investor Reactions to Contrasts Between the Earnings Preannouncements of Peer Firms*

2010; Wiley; Volume: 29; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1911-3846.2010.01063.x

1911-3846

Mario J. Maletta, Yue Zhang,

Corporate Finance and Governance

Contemporary Accounting ResearchVolume 29, Issue 2 p. 361-381 Investor Reactions to Contrasts Between the Earnings Preannouncements of Peer Firms* MARIO J. MALETTA, MARIO J. MALETTA Northeastern UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorYUE (MAY) ZHANG, YUE (MAY) ZHANG Northeastern UniversitySearch for more papers by this author MARIO J. MALETTA, MARIO J. MALETTA Northeastern UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorYUE (MAY) ZHANG, YUE (MAY) ZHANG Northeastern UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 22 December 2010 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.2010.01063.xCitations: 18 † Accepted by Hun-Tong Tan. We thank two anonymous reviewers, Brenda Anderson, Jacob Birnberg, Shana Clor-Proell, Laureen Maines, James Maroney, Kimberly Moreno, Hun-Tong Tan (editor), and participants at the 2009 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting for helpful comments and suggestions. 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