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Two Essays On String Of Earnings Benchmarks, Yiyang Zhang
Two Essays On String Of Earnings Benchmarks, Yiyang Zhang
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Essay 1 Abstract
Prior research indicates that equity markets assign a higher valuation to firms that sustain a string of earnings increases (earnings string) and a string of meeting or beating analysts’ earnings expectations (MBE string). However, to date, there is little evidence on the response of debt investors when firms sustain a long string of meeting/beating earnings benchmarks. This study fills the gap in the literature by analyzing the impact of sustaining an earnings string/MBE string on the cost of debt. I find evidence of a positive (negative) association between the length of the earnings string/MBE string and the …