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Does disclosure of customers' identities benefit a company's performance in the product market? Evidence from China

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  • Xie, Huailing
  • Xu, Xiaodong
  • Hsu, Yuan-Teng

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Based on a research sample of A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2019, this paper empirically examines the impact of voluntary disclosure by companies of customers' information on companies' performance in the product market. The results indicate that the more detailed the information disclosed about customers, especially regarding customers' identities, the more significantly the company's product market return decreases in the following year. This effect is more pronounced among non-state-owned companies, companies in non-regulated industries, companies with greater R&D expenditure, companies in more competitive industries, follower companies, and companies not audited by big four audit firms. The effect is more pronounced when there is a listed customer or a related customer. Mechanism tests indicate that disclosure of customers' identities will undermine companies' competitive position, customer stability, pricing power and operating assets turnover rate. This research is useful for analyzing the policy effects of current customer information disclosure requirements and provides guidance for disclosure policies in emerging markets.

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  • 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).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:pacfin:v:82:y:2023:i:c:s0927538x23002512
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2023.102180
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    Keywords

    Customer information disclosure; Product market return; Proprietary costs;
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    JEL classification:

    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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