The aim of this research was to determine the impact of voluntary information disclosure on informational content of share price. In this regard, future earnings response coefficient was used to determine the informational content of the share price about the future income information. Furthermore, share price synchronicity was used to evaluate the informational content of the share price about...

Sexual abuse of children and adolescents is prevalent across all cultures. Sexual abuse often begins in infancy or toddler stage for many children. A Child's developmental level influences the detection and disclosure of sexual abuse. Pre-school children very rarely make verbal disclosures, but may present with behavioural and physical symptoms. Older children may make a conscious decision to r...

BACKGROUND Disclosure of the diagnosis of HIV to HIV-infected children is challenging for caregivers. Despite current recommendations, data suggest that levels of disclosure of HIV status to HIV-infected children receiving care in resource-limited settings are very low. Few studies describe the disclosure process for children in these settings, particularly the motivators, antecedent goals, and...

BACKGROUND Disclosure of HIV status is important for optimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children. Identifying factors that affect disclosure of sero-status to children will help improve the process of disclosure. The purpose of the study was to determine the rate of HIV disclosure by the parents/caretakers to their children and other factors affecting disclosure. METHODS A cross s...

We model limited attention as incomplete usage of publicly available information. Informed players decide whether or not to disclose to observers who sometimes neglect either disclosed signals or the implications of non-disclosure. These observers may choose ex ante how to allocate their limited attention. In equilibrium observers are unrealistically optimistic, disclosure is incomplete, neglec...

This paper analyzes the impact of different disclosure regimes on corporate decisionmaking during initial public offering. Specifically, it examines how disclosure rules affect firms’ incentives to acquire forward-looking information, their disclosure practices and investment strategies. The disclosure regimes examined are Non-Disclosure, Voluntary, and Mandatory Disclosure Regimes. The analysi...

We explore the effect of behavioral realism and reciprocal self-disclosure from computer interviewers on the social responses of human users in simulated psychotherapeutic counseling interactions. To investigate this subject, we designed a 3 Â 3 factorial between-subjects experiment involving three conditions of behavioral realism: high realism, low realism, and audio-only (displaying no behavi...

BACKGROUND Various authorities and national organizations encourage disclosing medical errors, but there is little information on how patients respond to disclosure. OBJECTIVE To examine how the type of error, severity of adverse clinical outcome, and level of disclosure affect patients' responses to error and disclosure. DESIGN Mail questionnaire survey (8 versions were developed) varying ...