In practice, interest expense can account for a large proportion of firms' costs, while the interest rate is often influenced by a firm's market prospect. In the presence of information asymmetry, a firm may have an incentive to borrow a larger amount, thereby signaling a high prospect to the...

We analyze a dynamic bargaining game in which a seller and a buyer negotiate over quantity and payment to trade for a product. Both firms are impatient, and they make alternating offers until an agreement is reached. The buyer is privately informed about his type, which can be high or low: the...

We investigate the impacts of a retailer's store brand entry on a national-brand manufacturer's sales decisions and firm's profitability. Under symmetric information, the manufacturer always responds by lowering the wholesale price and sales quantity and suffers when the retailer's store brand...

Based on a supply chain framework, we study the stocking decision of a downstream buyer who receives private demand information and has the incentive to influence her capital market valuation. We first characterize a market equilibrium under a general single contract offer. We show that the...

This is the Online Appendix to the paper "Supplier Encroachment Under Asymmetric Information."The paper "Supplier Encroachment Under Asymmetric Information" to which these Appendices apply is available at the following URL: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2018432" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2018432