Using a panel of Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads and supply chain links, we observe that both favorable and unfavorable credit shocks propagate through supply chains in the CDS market. Particularly, the three-day cumulative abnormal CDS spread change (CASC) is 63 basis points for firms whose...

As supply chain channels physical, financial, and information flows as well as associated risks, a firm’s supply chain information should be helpful in understanding and predicting its credit risks. Credit ratings as an approximate but important measure of corporate credit risks have been...

We show that firms gain visibility and shareholder base through disclosing supply-chain relationships with large and well-known trading partners in their SEC filings. Using a novel research design that focuses on the investor recognition effect of disclosures, we find a significant improvement...

This paper investigates how a firm's customer base shapes its investor clientele. We show that more concentrated customer base is associated with higher holdings of short-term, but not long-term, institutional investors. The results remain unchanged after addressing endogeneity concerns and...

We investigate whether the returns of some industry portfolios predict the returns of other industry portfolios. We find a strong lead-lag structure which is statistically and economically significant. These findings suggest that information diffuses only gradually across industries. Moreover,...

We introduce a novel measure to study the relationship between portfolio concentration in vertically related firms and the performance of actively managed U.S. mutual funds. We find a strong positive relationship between our supply chain concentration measure and fund performance. While funds'...

We ask why we observe multiple layers of decision-making in fund management with investors, sponsors, fund managers, and consultants, even if additional decision-makers are costly and do not contribute to superior performance. In our model, an investor hires a wealth manager (“sponsor”), who...

How does exposure to international markets affect returns and cash flow comovements? Foreign bond owners, lenders, affiliates, investors, customers, and suppliers all transmit country shocks to companies. Most multinationals have many of these exposures simultaneously within the same foreign...

In the recent literature, increasing attention has been paid to cases when the shocks to a small number of firms would lead to large volatility in many sectors. Theorists find that supply chains play a role, as the shocks to a firm or a sector may propagate through the input–output linkages...