This article explores the relationship between the quality of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and the cost of equity capital by analyzing the financial data and CSR reports of A-share listed firms in China from 2008 to 2014. It is shown that the quality of CSR disclosure is...

This paper studies how language frictions translate into differences in borrower outcomes in the mortgage market. Using newly available survey data, I document significant descriptive differences in perceptions of mortgages, application experiences, and interest rates between limited English...