Li, Xiaoxi; Liu, Jing; Wang, Kemin - In: China journal of accounting research : CJAR 12 (2019) 3, pp. 271-291
We investigate whether pledgee competition affects the disclosure choice of firms whose controlling shareholders pledge … their shares. We find that pledgee competition is positively related to pledge firms' annual report tone management. This …. Further corroborating our results, higher pledgee competition increases the future crash risk of pledge firms. Collectively …