We then analyze whether there are relations between the magnitudes of discount rate or expected asset return changes, measured over 2000-2009, and the magnitude (in basis points) of that firm’s pension-related CAE disclosure in 2010. That is, do firms with greater actual changes in assumptions disclose their CAEs in larger basis points? Using all sample firms that disclose a pension-related CAE in 2010, we group firms by the magnitude of their pension-related CAE disclosure (i.e., in 25, 50, or 100 basis point [bps] bins). We do this for both discount rate and expected asset return assumptions. We then compare the distributions of historical pension assumption changes with the CAE pension disclosure choice (25, 50, or 100 bps) in 2010.