This paper investigates empirically the effect of different types of product market competition on levels of voluntary disclosure of proprietary information in financial markets. The author proposes that there are two...This paper investigates empirically the effect of different types of product market competition on levels of voluntary disclosure of proprietary information in financial markets. The author proposes that there are two types of strategic interaction settings relevant to disclosure： capacity competition and price competition. Capacity competition drives firms to disclose more information to attain financial market valuation-related benefits, while price competition drives them to disclose less to protect long-term product market advantages. The author finds that the type of product market competition affects the level of voluntary disclosure over and above the finn＇s external financing needs documented in the previous literature. That is, firms engaged in capacity competition disclose relatively more information than those in price competition. Further analysis shows that capacity competition firms disclose more information than no-strategic-interaction benchmark firms but that price competition firms do not disclose less information than the benchmark firms.展开更多
In general, based on the traditional operation and management model, innovation means reforming the activities of financial institutions, financial instruments, technology of financial services as well as organization...In general, based on the traditional operation and management model, innovation means reforming the activities of financial institutions, financial instruments, technology of financial services as well as organizational forms of financial markets, because promoting the overall development of the financial industry is the fundamental purpose of financial innovation, we should optimize the allocation of the existing resources of the financial institutions and improve financial efficiency, thus gradually promote the market competitiveness of financial institutions.展开更多
文摘This paper investigates empirically the effect of different types of product market competition on levels of voluntary disclosure of proprietary information in financial markets. The author proposes that there are two types of strategic interaction settings relevant to disclosure： capacity competition and price competition. Capacity competition drives firms to disclose more information to attain financial market valuation-related benefits, while price competition drives them to disclose less to protect long-term product market advantages. The author finds that the type of product market competition affects the level of voluntary disclosure over and above the finn＇s external financing needs documented in the previous literature. That is, firms engaged in capacity competition disclose relatively more information than those in price competition. Further analysis shows that capacity competition firms disclose more information than no-strategic-interaction benchmark firms but that price competition firms do not disclose less information than the benchmark firms.
文摘In general, based on the traditional operation and management model, innovation means reforming the activities of financial institutions, financial instruments, technology of financial services as well as organizational forms of financial markets, because promoting the overall development of the financial industry is the fundamental purpose of financial innovation, we should optimize the allocation of the existing resources of the financial institutions and improve financial efficiency, thus gradually promote the market competitiveness of financial institutions.
