By using a competition measure derived from the textual analysis of firms' 10-K filings, we examine the relationship between product market competition and the county-level unemployment. We find that unemployment is negatively related to product market competition pressure and the result is...

In this paper, we employ a firm-level measure of product market competition constructed from the textual analysis of firms' 10-K filings and examine the relationship between managerial perceived competition pressure and firms' earnings management. We find that misstatement is positively related...

Using a sample of U.S listed firms from 1994 to 2015, we examine how the geographic dispersion of a firm affects corporate social responsibility (CSR). We find that corporate geographic dispersion is negatively associated with CSR scores. We further find that this robust negative relationship is...