Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether and how policy uncertainty affect corporate environmental information disclosure. Design/methodology/approach: This study conducts a difference-in-difference estimation and systematically investigates the relationship between policy...

Using the regulation-induced initial public offering (IPO) suspensions in China as shocks that distract venture capitalists (VCs) from their other portfolio companies because they must pay attention to the suspended firms, we identify the reduced impact of their monitoring role on other...

This paper examines the relation between audit market competition and audit quality. We use the staggered introduction of bullet trains in China as shocks to travel time between audit clients and prospective audit firms, which increases the threat of competition for incumbent audit firms. Using...

We examine how ownership by couples affects risk taking in family firms. We find that firms co-owned by couples exhibit significantly lower stock return volatility. This result is robust to a difference-in-differences approach based on a smaller sample and an instrumental variable approach....