Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
In a 2016 comment letter, the SEC summarizes the ongoing debate regarding the
usefulness of market risk disclosures and calls for additional discussion (SEC Concept
Release 2016). In response to the SEC’s call, I investigate whether investors and firms
benefit from market risk disclosures. Prior literature suggests that informative corporate
disclosure is associated with improved liquidity and investment efficiency. I find that
informative textual contents of market risk disclosures improve investors’ information
environment, and as a result, are associated with higher liquidity level, lower liquidity
uncertainty, and improved investment efficiency. My study is relevant to the ongoing
debate regarding the usefulness of market risk disclosures, calls for more detailed
regulatory guidance for market risk disclosures, and contributes to the literature on
liquidity, investment efficiency, and risk factor disclosures.
usefulness of market risk disclosures and calls for additional discussion (SEC Concept
Release 2016). In response to the SEC’s call, I investigate whether investors and firms
benefit from market risk disclosures. Prior literature suggests that informative corporate
disclosure is associated with improved liquidity and investment efficiency. I find that
informative textual contents of market risk disclosures improve investors’ information
environment, and as a result, are associated with higher liquidity level, lower liquidity
uncertainty, and improved investment efficiency. My study is relevant to the ongoing
debate regarding the usefulness of market risk disclosures, calls for more detailed
regulatory guidance for market risk disclosures, and contributes to the literature on
liquidity, investment efficiency, and risk factor disclosures.
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