{"title":"Does negative news disclosure induce better decision-making? Evidence from acquisitions","authors":"Chinmoy Ghosh, Cristian Pinto-Gutiérrez, Jaideep Shenoy","doi":"10.1111/fire.12375","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>We examine the effect of negative news disclosures on acquisition decisions of firms. Using textual analysis of company press releases, we find that the percentage of negative news disclosed by a firm reduces its probability of acquisitions. However, for firms that do undertake acquisitions, the percentage of negative news disclosed is positively related to announcement-period abnormal returns. Consistent with theoretical predictions, this positive relationship is more pronounced for acquirers with low pay-performance sensitivity and those operating in concentrated industries. Overall, our results suggest that when managerial reputation concerns are high following negative news development, they make more prudent acquisition decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47617,"journal":{"name":"FINANCIAL REVIEW","volume":"59 2","pages":"325-372"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"FINANCIAL REVIEW","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fire.12375","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We examine the effect of negative news disclosures on acquisition decisions of firms. Using textual analysis of company press releases, we find that the percentage of negative news disclosed by a firm reduces its probability of acquisitions. However, for firms that do undertake acquisitions, the percentage of negative news disclosed is positively related to announcement-period abnormal returns. Consistent with theoretical predictions, this positive relationship is more pronounced for acquirers with low pay-performance sensitivity and those operating in concentrated industries. Overall, our results suggest that when managerial reputation concerns are high following negative news development, they make more prudent acquisition decisions.
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