This paper examines the role of buyer–supplier relationships on suppliers' financial constraints. Buyers are non-financial stakeholders with both the ability and incentive to monitor their supplier and act as a certifying agent. This mitigates agency costs, reducing the wedge between the costs...

Stock trading apps have encouraged millions of people to begin micro-investing. While there is no doubt that investing is beneficial in the long-run, we demonstrate a downside to the micro-investing trend. Using a novel data set of stock trades from an app-based broker, we show that anchoring...

Using recent data from an American app-based consumer stock brokerage, we provide novel evidence about how to overcome gender differences in stock market participation. We show that fewer women than men are encouraged to participate in the stock market. However, following equal encouragement to...

If one customer accounts for a large portion of a supplier's sales, then the loss of that one customer can cripple the supplier's financial health. As a precaution against the additional operating risk induced by being in an important relationship with a customer, I find that suppliers in such...

If one customer accounts for a large portion of a supplier's sales, then the loss of that one customer can cripple the supplier's financial health. As a precaution against the additional operating risk induced by being in an important relationship with a customer, I find that suppliers in such...

The contributors – top international scholars from finance, law and business – explore the role of governance, both internal and external, in explaining risk-taking and other aspects of the behavior of financial institutions. Additionally, they discuss market and policy features...