The Information Content of Discretionary Disaggregation

I examine the information content embedded in firms' decision to disaggregate financial statement line items. I find that the level of disaggregation predicts both current and future performance. I also find that significant changes in discretionary disaggregation are indicative of weak fundame...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Samuel S.
Other Authors: So, Eric C.
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/143260