Using a sample of 24 US banks from 1997 to 2004, we examine the relationship between value-at-risk (VAR) for trading activities and banks' cost of equity capital. We show that the implied cost of equity capital and the bid-ask spread, both proxying for the cost of equity capital, is positively...

Relative to the explicit role of corporate information disclosure in reducing the cost of equity capital, the role of strategic information disclosure (SID) is still in disorder in the literature. We aim to provide empirical evidence for the relationship between SID and the cost of equity...

This paper initially attempts to analyze the effects of blockchain technology adoption on accounting transparency and cost of equity capital. Since bitcoin prices skyrocketed in 2016, applications for blockchain technology rapidly increased in various areas. Unlike traditional database system,...

We examine the impact of mandatory ESG disclosure around the world on the cost of equity capital. Using a sample of firms in 62 countries and a difference-in-difference setting, we document that, on average, the ESG disclosure mandate significantly reduces the cost of equity for mandatory...