Systemic risk is the risk that the distress of one or more institutions trigger a collapse of the entire financial system. We extend CoVaR (value-at-risk conditioned on an institution) and CoCVaR (conditional value-at-risk conditioned on an institution) systemic risk contribution measures and...

We test whether military experience of CEOs or chairmen affects stock price crash risk. We find robust evidence that CEOs' or chairmen's military experience reduces crash risk. Our finding holds for various robustness checks including controlling for some additional characteristics of chairmen...

This study examines the impact of board directors with foreign experience (BDFEs) on stock price crash risk. We find that BDFEs help reduce crash risk. This association is robust to a series of robustness checks, including firm fixed effects model, Heckman procedure, instrumental variable...

Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) reshapes the way information is collected, processed, and disseminated, but extant evidence on its effects on a firm's transparency and internal control is mixed. We add to the debate by showing that firms' stock price crash risk decreases following ERP...

This study examines the impact of geographically nearby major customers on suppliers’ stock price crash risk. Using a sample of Chinese A-share listed firms and their top five (major) customers during the period 2008−2019, we find a significantly negative association. This association is...