Effect of litigation risk on management forecasts

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Powley, William A
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Sloan School of Management.
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Joseph Weber.
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Abstract
I examine the link between changes in the disclosure behavior of firms and changes in ex ante litigation risk as proxied by changes in the firms' director and officer insurance premiums. I find evidence that there is a negative link between the voluntary disclosure of bad news and ex ante litigation risk. I find no evidence of a statistically significant link between the voluntary disclosure of good news and ex ante litigation risk.
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Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2018.
 
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-32).
 
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2018
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117993
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Sloan School of Management
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Sloan School of Management.
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