Annual report readability , current earnings , and earnings persistence
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This paper examines the relation between annual report readability and firm performance and earnings persistence. I measure the readability of public company annual reports using the Fog index from the computational linguistics literature and the length of the document. I find that: (1) the annual reports of firms with lower earnings are harder to read (i.e., they have a higher Fog index and are longer); and (2) firms with annual reports that are easier to read have more persistent positive earnings. r 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classification: D82; G18; M41; M45; G14
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