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Trade Secrets Law and Corporate Disclosure: Causal Evidence on the Proprietary Cost Hypothesis

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  1. Durnev, Art & Mangen, Claudine, 2020. "The spillover effects of MD&A disclosures for real investment: The role of industry competition," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(1).
  2. Ahnert, Toni & Martinez-Miera, David, 2021. "Bank Runs, Bank Competition and Opacity," VfS Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual Conference): Climate Economics 242348, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  3. Callen, Jeffrey L. & Fang, Xiaohua & Zhang, Wenjun, 2020. "Protection of proprietary information and financial reporting opacity: Evidence from a natural experiment," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
  4. Yan Li & Yutao Li, 2020. "The effect of trade secrets protection on disclosure of forward‐looking financial information," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(3-4), pages 397-437, March.
  5. Zhongju Liao & Yuhan Wu, 2025. "Formal institutions, informal institutions, and firms' environmental innovation: An application of the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis method," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(1), pages 668-680, February.
  6. Chu-hsuan Chang & Woan-lih Liang & Yanzhi Wang, 2024. "Trade secret laws and initial public offering underpricing," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 63(1), pages 325-353, July.
  7. Jun Chen & Ningzhong Li & Xiaolu Zhou, 2023. "Equity financing incentive and corporate disclosure: new causal evidence from SEO deregulation," Review of Accounting Studies, Springer, vol. 28(2), pages 1003-1034, June.
  8. Arroyabe, M. F. & Grimpe, Christoph & Hussinger, Katrin, 2025. "Safeguarding secrets, shaping acquisitions: Trade secret protection and the role of distance between acquirer and target," ZEW Discussion Papers 25-007, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
  9. Zhou, Zhongsheng & Li, Zhuo & Du, Shanzhong & Cao, June, 2024. "Robot adoption and enterprise R&D manipulation: Evidence from China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 200(C).
  10. Canil, Jean & Karpavičius, Sigitas & Li, Shihe & Yu, Chia-Feng, 2022. "Say on mobility:Do CEO outside opportunities affect shareholder say on pay?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 47(PB).
  11. Cao, Zhangfan & Chen, Steven Xianglong & Lee, Edward, 2022. "Does business strategy influence interfirm financing? Evidence from trade credit," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 495-511.
  12. James M. Plečnik & Leo L. Yang & Joseph H. Zhang, 2022. "Corporate innovation and future earnings: does early patent disclosure matter?," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 62(S1), pages 2011-2056, April.
  13. Al-Hadi, Ahmed & Habib, Ahsan, 2023. "Consequences of state-level regulations in accounting, finance, and corporate governance: A review," Advances in accounting, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
  14. Huang, Rui & Kim, Jeong-Bon & Lu, Louise Yi & Wang, Dongyue & Yu, Yangxin, 2025. "Patent litigation and narrative R&D disclosures: Evidence from the adoption of anti-troll legislation," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 54(1).
  15. Wang, Yanzhi, 2023. "Trade secrets laws and technology spillovers," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(7).
  16. Mei Cheng & Yuan Zhang & Meiling Zhao, 2025. "The role of equity underwriters in shaping corporate disclosure," Review of Accounting Studies, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 247-286, March.
  17. Dan Hu & Eunju Lee & Bingxin Li, 2023. "Trade secrets protection and stock price crash risk," The Financial Review, Eastern Finance Association, vol. 58(2), pages 395-421, May.
  18. Thomas Bourveau & Guoman She & Alminas Žaldokas, 2020. "Corporate Disclosure as a Tacit Coordination Mechanism: Evidence from Cartel Enforcement Regulations," Journal of Accounting Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(2), pages 295-332, May.
  19. Wu, Xiting & Jiang, Haiyan & Lin, Hui & You, Jiaxing, 2023. "Why Muddy the Water? Short selling and the disclosure of proprietary information," The British Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 55(4).
  20. Meiqun Yin, 2024. "Social Media, Supply Chain Concentration and Accounting Information Transparency," Proceedings of Economics and Finance Conferences 14516159, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
  21. Ee, Mong Shan & Huang, He, 2024. "Employee mobility constraints and debt choice," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
  22. Cao, Zhangfan & Chen, Steven Xianglong & Harakeh, Mostafa & Lee, Edward, 2022. "Do non-financial factors influence corporate dividend policies? Evidence from business strategy," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
  23. Andrea Pawliczek & A. Nicole Skinner & Sarah L. C. Zechman, 2022. "Facilitating Tacit Collusion Through Voluntary Disclosure: Evidence from Common Ownership," Journal of Accounting Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(5), pages 1651-1693, December.
  24. Gao, Jieying & Qin, Qi & Zhou, Shengjie, 2025. "Spillover effects of US economic policy uncertainty on emerging markets: Evidence from transnational supply chains," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
  25. Leuz, Christian, 2022. "Towards a design-based approach to accounting research," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 74(2).
  26. Xie, Huailing & Xu, Xiaodong & Hsu, Yuan-Teng, 2023. "Does disclosure of customers' identities benefit a company's performance in the product market? Evidence from China," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
  27. Poshakwale, Sunil & Aghanya, Daniel & Agarwal, Vineet, 2020. "The impact of regulations on compliance costs, risk-taking, and reporting quality of the EU banks," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
  28. Xiaohui Li & Yao Shen & Jing Xie, 2024. "Proxy Voting on CEO Pay: Evidence from Rejection of the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine," Working Papers 202412, University of Macau, Faculty of Business Administration.
  29. Rahman, Dewan & Kabir, Muhammad & Oliver, Barry, 2021. "Does exposure to product market competition influence insider trading profitability?," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
  30. Bradley, Daniel & Hu, Dan & Yuan, Xiaojing & Zhang, Chi, 2023. "Trade secret protection and product market dynamics," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
  31. Chen, Qi & Goldstein, Itay & Huang, Zeqiong & Vashishtha, Rahul, 2022. "Bank transparency and deposit flows," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(2), pages 475-501.
  32. Wang, Yanzhi A. & Yang, Hsiao-Lin, 2024. "Innovation diversity, product diversity and innovation performance," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 96(PA).
  33. Hamilton Elkins & Gary Entwistle & Regan N. Schmidt, 2024. "Expectations for sustainability reporting from users, preparers, and the accounting profession," International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 21(1), pages 143-164, March.
  34. Katrin Hussinger & Wunnam Issah, 2023. "Early Patent Disclosure and R&D Investment in Family Firms," DEM Discussion Paper Series 23-17, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg.
  35. Godsell, David & Huang, Kelly & Lao, Brent, 2023. "Managers’ rank & file employee coordination costs and real activities manipulation," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
  36. Jean Canil & Sigitas Karpavičius & Chia‐Feng (Jeffrey) Yu, 2023. "CEO mobility and corporate payouts," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(9-10), pages 1743-1778, October.
  37. Bernard, Darren & Burgstahler, David & Kaya, Devrimi, 2018. "Size management by European private firms to minimize proprietary costs of disclosure," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 66(1), pages 94-122.
  38. Nguyen, Justin Hung, 2022. "How do labor adjustment costs affect corporate tax planning? Evidence from labor skills," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
  39. Ole‐Kristian Hope & Heng Yue & Qinlin Zhong, 2020. "China's Anti‐Corruption Campaign and Financial Reporting Quality†," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(2), pages 1015-1043, June.
  40. Mario Daniele Amore, 2020. "Innovation disclosure in times of uncertainty," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(4), pages 792-815, October.
  41. Justin Hung Nguyen & Buhui Qiu, 2022. "The effect of skilled labor intensity on corporate dividend payouts," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(5-6), pages 963-1010, May.
  42. Wang, Xin & Shan, Yuan George & Song, Jianbo, 2023. "Customer information disclosure and corporate financing constraints," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
  43. Peng, Xuan & Wang, XiongYuan & Yan, Lina, 2019. "How does customer concentration affect informal financing?," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 152-162.
  44. Caleb Rawson, 2022. "Manager perception and proprietary investment disclosure," Review of Accounting Studies, Springer, vol. 27(4), pages 1493-1525, December.
  45. Wang, Yibo & Liu, Bai & Chan, Hing Kai & Zhang, Tiantian, 2023. "Who pays buyers for not disclosing supplier lists? Unlocking the relationship between supply chain transparency and trade credit," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 155(PB).
  46. Na, Ke, 2020. "CEOs’ outside opportunities and relative performance evaluation: evidence from a natural experiment," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 137(3), pages 679-700.
  47. Bui, Dien Giau & Chen, Yehning & Chen, Yan-Shing & Lin, Chih-Yung, 2023. "Managerial ability and financial statement disaggregation decisions," Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
  48. Jinhyeok Ra & Woochan Kim, 2023. "Perils of limiting the coverage of mandatory pay disclosure: The Korean experience," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(9-10), pages 1633-1670, October.
  49. Allee, Kristian D. & Do, Chuong & Sterin, Mikhail, 2021. "Product market competition, disclosure framing, and casting in earnings conference calls," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(1).
  50. Chen, Gary & Tian, Xiaoli (Shaolee) & Yu, Miaomiao, 2022. "Redact to protect? Customers' incentive to protect information and suppliers’ disclosure strategies," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 74(1).
  51. Stephen Bahadar & Muhammad Nadeem & Rashid Zaman, 2023. "Toxic chemical releases and idiosyncratic return volatility: A prospect theory perspective," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 63(2), pages 2109-2143, June.
  52. Cao, Jian & Chen, Feng & Li, Mingxiang & Luo, Xin, 2025. "Accounting backgrounds and technological innovation: Are accountant CEOs inferior innovators?," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 54(3).
  53. Mirko Heinle & Delphine Samuels & Daniel Taylor, 2023. "Disclosure Substitution," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 69(8), pages 4774-4789, August.
  54. Sean Shun Cao & Kai Du & Baozhong Yang & Alan L. Zhang, 2021. "Copycat Skills and Disclosure Costs: Evidence from Peer Companies’ Digital Footprints," Journal of Accounting Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(4), pages 1261-1302, September.
  55. Zhangfan Cao & Chen Hua & Yan Tong & Xi Wang, 2023. "The crowding‐out effects of innovation information disclosure on peers' innovation: Evidence from innovation‐driven M&As in China," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 63(5), pages 4883-4908, December.
  56. Qiming Zhong & Qinghua Song & Chien-Chiang Lee, 2024. "Managing crash risks through supply chain transparency: evidence from China," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 10(1), pages 1-31, December.
  57. Ding, Rong & Sainani, Sushil & (John) Zhang, Ziyang, 2021. "Protection of trade secrets and corporate tax avoidance: Evidence from the inevitable disclosure doctrine," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 221-232.
  58. Liangyan Cao & Wee‐Yeap Lau & Shahrin Saaid Shaharuddin, 2023. "Peer effect of proprietary information: A cost–benefit analysis of customer information disclosure," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 44(5), pages 2643-2656, July.
  59. Ma, Xuejiao & Ma, Xiaojun & Fei, Wei & Jiang, Qichuan & Qin, Wen, 2025. "Is more always better? Investor-firm interactions, market competition and innovation performance of firms," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 210(C).
  60. Cheng, Jie & Huang, Dan & Wu, Yanling, 2023. "Managerial perception on competition and strategic R&D decisions1," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).
  61. Call, Andrew C. & Hribar, Paul & Skinner, Douglas J. & Volant, David, 2024. "Corporate managers’ perspectives on forward-looking guidance: Survey evidence," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 78(2).
  62. Chui, Andy C.W. & Li, Xiao & Saffar, Walid, 2021. "National culture and the choice between bank debt and public debt," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
  63. Huang, Wan & Bai, Yufan & Luo, Hong, 2024. "Customer identity concealing and insider selling profitability: Evidence from China," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
  64. Liang, Chuchu, 2024. "Advertising rivalry and discretionary disclosure," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 77(1).
  65. Chu, Yinxiao & Li, Zhao & Wei, Jianxing & Wu, Weixing, 2022. "A tale of two markets: Labor market mobility and bank information sharing," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
  66. Ee, Mong Shan & Huang, He & Cheng, Mingying, 2023. "Do labor mobility restrictions affect debt maturity?," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
  67. Jared Jennings & Jung Min Kim & Joshua Lee & Daniel Taylor, 2024. "Measurement error, fixed effects, and false positives in accounting research," Review of Accounting Studies, Springer, vol. 29(2), pages 959-995, June.
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