Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7364740 | Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money | 2015 | 50 Pages |
Abstract
We examine the impact of accounting quality, used as a proxy for information risk, on the behavior of equity implied volatility around quarterly earnings announcements. Using US data during 1996-2010, we observe that lower (higher) accounting quality significantly relates to higher (lower) levels of implied volatility (IV) around announcements. Worse accounting quality is further associated with a significant increase in IV before announcements, and is found to relate to a larger resolution in IV after the announcement has taken place. We interpret our findings as indicative of information risk having a significant impact on implied volatility behavior around earnings announcements.
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Authors
Seraina C. Anagnostopoulou, Andrianos E. Tsekrekos,