Exploiting mergers between lenders and shareholders of the same firm as an exogenous shock to dual ownership, we examine the role that dual holdings (i.e., simultaneous equity and debt holding) play in shaping firms’ ex ante expected stock price crash risk evident in the options implied...

This paper examines the impact of analyst corporate site visits on stock price crash risk using a unique data set of Chinese A-share stocks listed on the Shenzhen stock exchange (SZSE) over the 2012–2019 period. We find that the frequency of analyst corporate site visits is positively...