We test and compare the effects of introduction of two new financial information technologies, EDGAR and XBRL, on well …-known asset pricing anomalies often attributed to mispricing. EDGAR facilitates easier access to public accounting information … about public firms; XBRL reduces the cost of processing such information. Using stacked difference …

Persuasive communication functions not only through content but also delivery, e.g., facial expression, tone of voice …

How do communication costs affect the production of new ideas and inventions? To answer this question, we study the … showing how a fall in communication costs can increase the rate at which scientific knowledge is exchanged and new ideas and … and urban economics positing that more ideas can emerge from communication between individuals …

The role of data analysis in communication, persuasion, and decision-making is discussed. Some problems with current … data-analysis practice are presented, including communication, complex models, large data bases, one-pass processing, rigid … assumptions, resistance, validity, prior information, access to new methods, and the responsiveness of data analysis researchers …

Information is a crucial ingredient in economic decision making. Yet measuring the extent of information exchange among … from more than one million users in a Chinese city over twelve months to quantify information exchange among individuals … and examine its role in urban labor markets. We present the first empirical evidence that information flow (measured by …

information, but differ in two dimensions: the rules governing communication, which determine whether information is verifiable …We investigate models of cheap talk, information disclosure, and Bayesian persuasion, in a unified experimental …; and the sender's commitment power, which determines the extent to which she can commit to her communication strategy …