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We examine the effect of Regulation Fair Disclosure (hereafter Reg FD) on the timeliness of long‐horizon management forecasts of annual earnings, especially those conveying bad news. We expect that managers are less timely in issuing bad news forecasts than good news forecasts prior to Reg FD when they can disclose bad news to selected analysts and institutional investors privately. As Reg FD prohibits...