Two seemingly contradictory trends have accompanied the rise of digital transformation: a demand for better and more customized services, which require the use of personal data, and a concern for data protection. How do we reconcile these divergent trends? The answer to this question may...

Considering that privacy concerns could affect users' privacy behavior as an antecedent, it is important to investigate the impact of strengthened personal data protection regulation on users' privacy concerns. However, there exists mixed views that the personal data protection regulation has a...

Using China's Cybersecurity Law (CSL) as an exogenous shock, I examine how personal data security affects stock crash risk. I find that the stock crash risk of treatment firms (which collect personal data) significantly decreases after the CSL, and such decrease is larger when firms face greater...

Two seemingly contradictory trends have accompanied the rise of digital transformation: a demand for better and more customized services, which require the use of personal data, and a concern for data protection. How do we reconcile these divergent trends? The answer to this question may...

Die öffentliche Meinung findet Transparenz sympathisch, denn sie fördert eine offene und demokratische Gesellschaft. Privatpersonen tendieren hingegen zum Gegenteil und berufen sich dafür auf Grundrechte. Es bedarf deshalb einer Abwägung zwischen der Transparenz für Demokratie und faire...