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Journal of Accounting and Economics Vol. 71 No. 2-3 2021

Foreign macroeconomic and industry-related information transfers around earnings announcements: Evidence from U.S.-listed non-U.S. firms

Yashu Dong1; Danqing Young2

1 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics · 2 Chinese University of Hong Kong

Abstract

This study examines information transfer regarding how investors react to new foreign macroeconomic and industry-related information embedded in foreign firms' earnings releases. Using non-U.S. firms listed in the U.S. as our main setting, we find that U.S. investors react significantly to foreign macroeconomic information and to information generated by the interaction between macroeconomic and industry-related information. We also find that the benefits (costs) of processing earnings reports increase (decrease) both types of information transfers. In addition, we find macroeconomic information transfers in an international cross-listing setting and both types of information transfers in an international non-cross-listing setting.

DOI
10.1016/j.jacceco.2021.101400
Volume
71
Issue
2-3
Pages
101400
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib crossref openalex

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