Corporate Disclosure Archives - TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency

FinVoc2Vec: A new Approach to Measuring Vocal Tone in Corporate Disclosures

April 24, 2026

Doron Reichmann

Corporate disclosures are designed to inform investors through carefully chosen words. However, spoken disclosures, such as in earnings conference calls, carry another layer of communication: the human voice. Even when managers aim to sound neutral, how they speak may unintentionally reveal information about future firm prospects. Understanding whether these…

Participating Institutions

TRR 266‘s main locations are Paderborn University (Coordinating University), HU Berlin, and University of Mannheim. All three locations have been centers for accounting and tax research for many years. They are joined by researchers from LMU Munich, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Cologne, Leibniz University Hannover and TU Darmstadt who share the same research agenda.