When the use of positive language backfires : The joint effect of tone, readability, and investor sophistication on earnings judgments

Recent studies document that market participants react positively to the positive language sentiment or tone embedded in financial disclosures, and that investors’ reactions to negative news are more muted with poor disclosure readability. However, while language sentiment and readability co-occur i...

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Main Authors: Tan, Hun-Tong, Ying Wang, Elaine, Zhou, Bo
Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104586
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20245

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