Investor Relations and Private Debt Markets

We thank Florin P. Vasvari (editor), two anonymous reviewers, Andrea Down, Mahfuz Chy (discussant), Zeyo Ou (discussant), Wei Wang (discussant), Xijiang Su (discussant), and workshop participants at The Ohio State University, Fundação Getulio Vargas-Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV-EAESP), Columbia University, Cornell University, George Mason University, American University, University of Mannheim, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the 2021 Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Annual Conference, the 2021 American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, the 2022 Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, the 2023 Florida Accounting Symposium, and the 2023 Haskayne and Fox Conference for helpful comments and suggestions. The authors of this publication have no conflicts of interest related to this research.

Kimball L. Chapman, Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business, School of Accountancy, Tempe, AZ, USA; Ruby Lee, University of Florida, Warrington College of Business, Fisher School of Accounting, Gainesville, FL, USA; Nayana Reiter, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Accounting Area, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Christopher D. Williams, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Accounting Area, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Editor’s note: Accepted by Florin P. Vasvari, under the Senior Editorship of Kathryn Kadous.