We examine the managerial incentives to voluntarily disclose the gender diversity of a firm’s workforce. When examining voluntary disclosures, one key challenge is the difficulty of observing the underlying performance for nondisclosers. We overcome this challenge by using novel data extracted...

We examine employee reactions to earnings announcement (EA) news using micro-level data on individual employees’ bank and credit card transactions. We find that EA news is positively associated with changes in employee consumption around the EA. This reaction is stronger for employees with...

We examine the economic impact of the 2020 student loan forbearance program on borrowers. We use detailed individual transaction data and a difference-in-differences methodology to uncover the effects of forbearance on financial behavior and labor market outcomes. Our results show that...

While the production of credit ratings has long been largely limited to rating agencies (CRAs), recent years have seen the growing popularity of consensus credit ratings crowdsourced from banks (i.e., bank ratings). We provide the first comprehensive examination of the properties and...

Administrative support is instrumental in how firms support, manage, and motivate employees. Yet, our knowledge about this important human capital management factor is limited. Using novel data extracted from employees’ online profiles, we find that administrative intensity, defined as the...

Theories of customer supplier relationships hold that the private information of suppliers about buyers explains the use of trade credit even when there is a competitive banking sector. If suppliers possess private information about their buyers, then the buyer's order size and ability to pay on...

Theories of customer–supplier relationships propose that the private information that suppliers have about buyers explains why trade credit arises in the presence of a competitive banking sector. However, there is limited evidence that trade creditors possess private information about the...

Theories of customer supplier relationships hold that the private information of suppliers about buyers explains the use of trade credit even when there is a competitive banking sector. If suppliers possess private information about their buyers, then the buyer's order size and ability to pay on...