TY - SER AU - Twedt,Brady TI - Spreading the word: price discovery and newswire dissemination of management earnings guidance KW - Contabilidad KW - Publicaciones seriadas KW - Mercados financieros KW - Información financiera KW - Compañías KW - Finanzas KW - Reportes financieros N2 - This study investigates the impact of dissemination on the efficiency of the price discovery process with respect to management earnings guidance disclosures. I first identify firm and guidance characteristics associated with the likelihood that guidance receives coverage in the Dow Jones Newswires. Using propensity score, within-firm, and returns-based matched control samples of guidance, I find that newswire dissemination is associated with larger initial price reactions and, more importantly, an increase in the speed with which guidance information is incorporated into price. I also find that newswire coverage affects the market's reaction to stand-alone versus bundled guidance and good versus bad news guidance. This study is the first to provide evidence of systematic variation, both across and within firms, in the breadth of guidance dissemination, and it shows that this variation has a substantial effect on how investors respond to guidance ER -