Rick Johnston
University of Alabama at Birmingham
20 Papers
68 Citations
Rick Johnston is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Debt & Credit rating. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 20 publications. Previous affiliations of Rick Johnston include Purdue University & Ohio State University.
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Papers
The Value of Crowdsourced Earnings Forecasts
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the value of crowdsourced earnings forecasts and found that they are incrementally useful in forecasting earnings and measuring the market's expectations of earnings, consistent with the benefits of crowdsourcing increasing with the size of the crowd.
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Regulatory Oversight of Financial Reporting: Securities and Exchange Commission Comment Letters
Rick Johnston,Reining Petacchi +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the content, resolution, and ensuing informational consequences of SEC comment letters and conclude that the SEC's oversight has beneficial informational effects, concluding that the market interprets the receipt of a comment letter as a signal that the firm has poor reporting quality.
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Regulatory Oversight of Financial Reporting: Securities and Exchange Commission Comment Letters
Rick Johnston,Reining Petacchi +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the content, resolution, and ensuing informational consequences of SEC comment letters and found that nearly half of all comments involve accounting application, financial reporting, and disclosure issues, and concluded that the SEC's oversight has beneficial informational effects.
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Operating Leases and Credit Assessments
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the effect of operating leases on loan pricing by banks and conclude that banks not only price operating leases, on average, but also make distinctions about which leases should be priced.
Sell-side debt analysts
TL;DR: This article studied the determinants and market impact of sell-side debt research and found that companies with a higher probability of financial distress, lower market-to-book ratio, larger debt, and higher leverage receive more debt research.
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