This paper examines the effect of guanxi on the relation between firm value and voluntary disclosure of information about new investment projects in China's institutional setting. We find a negative relation between firm value and voluntary disclosure for firms that rely more heavily on guanxi...

Supplier financing, or trade credit, is an increasingly important source of financing for a company. This paper tests two alternative views on the relation between trade credit and future stock price crash risk: monitoring and concession. We present robust evidence that supplier financing is...