Using both the onset of the US-China trade war in 2018 and the most recent Russia-Ukraine war and associated trade tensions, we show a counterintuitive pattern in global trade. Namely, while the average firm trading with these nations significantly decreases their trade with these jurisdictions...

We construct a corporate workplace equality measure based on textual analysis of equal employment opportunity statements in online job postings of US listed companies. We verify this measure by demonstrating its predictive power of future employment discrimination lawsuits and identifying the...

Using a novel database of online job posting data, we document the coordination of recruiting activity by supply-chain partners consistent with relationship-specific investment in human capital. We find that recruitment by dependent suppliers caters to the needs of their major customers and that...

Using both the onset of the US-China trade war in 2018 and the most recent Russia-Ukraine conflict and associated trade tensions, we show that government-linked firms increase their importing activity by roughly 33% (t=4.01) following the shock, while non-government linked firms trading to the...

The equal employment opportunity (EEO) policy is an essential component of workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. This paper examines whether principal customer firms infuse EEO policy in their dependent suppliers. Specifically, using a novel workplace EEO measure based on...