Using the COVID-19 crisis as a quasi-natural experiment, this study explores the value of online investor relations (OIR) on the official investor interaction platforms (IIPs). The results show that OIR are positively associated with stock returns during the crisis. This indicates that firms...

Online platforms such as preprint servers have become an important way to disseminate new scientific knowledge prior to peer review. However, little is known about how attention to preprints may vary across authors from different countries of origin, particularly relative to evaluation in...