Disclosure incentives when competing firms have common ownership

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. This paper examines whether common ownership – i.e., instances where investors simultaneously own significant stakes in competing firms – affects voluntary disclosure. We argue that common ownership (i) reduces proprietary cost concerns of disclosure, and (ii) incentivizes firms...

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Main Authors: Park, Jihwon, Sani, Jalal, Shroff, Nemit, White, Hal
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136172