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Public Disclosures in the Presence of Suppliers and Competitors

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  • Anil Arya
  • Brian Mittendorf
  • Dae‐Hee Yoon

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Firms’ reluctance at times to publicly disclose financial information is often attributed to concern that the information may be used against them by self‐interested outside parties. These outside parties may interact with the firm in the horizontal realm (e.g., retail competitors) or in the vertical arena (e.g., wholesale suppliers). This article is built on the premise that fully understanding the strategic consequences of disclosure requires joint consideration of horizontal and vertical relationships. When both rivals and suppliers are accounted for, we demonstrate that (i) lower intra‐industry correlation in product demand favors disclosure, with the precise correlation‐cutoff dependent on the firm's use of input suppliers; and (ii) the more a firm relies on input suppliers with pricing power, the less attractive is disclosure. Communication d'information en présence de fournisseurs et de concurrents La réticence qu'affichent parfois les sociétés à communiquer l'information financière est souvent attribuée à la crainte que cette information puisse être utilisée à leur détriment par des tiers au comportement intéressé. Ces tiers peuvent être en interaction avec la société sur le plan horizontal (les concurrents du marché de détail, par exemple) ou sur le plan vertical (les grossistes fournisseurs, par exemple). L’étude repose sur l'hypothèse selon laquelle la compréhension intégrale des conséquences stratégiques de la communication d'information exige la prise en compte simultanée des relations horizontales et verticales. Lorsque les rivaux et les fournisseurs sont pris en considération de part et d'autre, les auteurs démontrent i) qu'une corrélation intrasectorielle plus faible dans la demande du produit favorise la communication d'information, le seuil de corrélation précis dépendant du recours de la société aux fournisseurs d'intrants ; et ii) que plus une société s'appuie sur les fournisseurs d'intrants ayant un pouvoir sur les prix, moins la communication d'information présente d'intérêt.

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  • Anil Arya & Brian Mittendorf & Dae‐Hee Yoon, 2019. "Public Disclosures in the Presence of Suppliers and Competitors," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 36(2), pages 758-772, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:36:y:2019:i:2:p:758-772
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12446
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    1. Gao, Lei & Calderon, Thomas G. & Tang, Fengchun, 2020. "Public companies' cybersecurity risk disclosures," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Elsevier, vol. 38(C).
    2. Xiong, Yan & Yang, Liyan, 2021. "Disclosure, competition, and learning from asset prices," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).
    3. Michael Kopel & Eva Maria Putz, 2021. "Sharing managerial contract information in a vertically related market," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(4), pages 1037-1047, June.

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