This paper investigates the role of the presence of foreign firms in a sector in influencing the privatization policy for domestic firms in that sector in China. We consider several variables to proxy for such presence, from the perspective of relative production scale, research and development...

This study investigates the effect of social distancing on the local bias of institutional investors. Using SafeGraph’s Social Distancing Metrics data and SEC’s EDGAR 13F filings, we find that stay-at-home duration ratio decreases institutional investors’ local holdings and firms’...