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We study markets for sensitive personal information. An agent wants to communicate with another party but any revealed information can be intercepted and sold to a third party whose reaction harms the agent. The market for information induces an adverse sorting effect, allocating the information...
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In this note we consider the preferences of a profit maximizing firm for international ownership in a world in which firms compete in an international Cournot oligopoly, and in which countries use strategic trade policy. We find that firms prefer national ownership and show that full...
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We study the profitability incentives of merger and the endogenous industry structure in a strategic trade policy environment. Merger changes the strategic trade policy equlilibrium. We show that merger can be profitable and welfare enhancing here, even though it would not be profitable in a...
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In a tedious real effort task, subjects know that their piece rate is either low or ten times higher. When subjects are informed about their piece rate realization, they adapt their performance. One third of subjects nevertheless forego this instrumental information when given the choice - and...
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There are many important decision problems where learning through experimentation is costly or impossible. In these situations, individuals may try to learn from observing the outcomes of others who have made similar decisions. Often, however, information about others comprises a selected...
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by arbitrage trading the underlying of the option depends contrary to standard option pricing theory on the unwind option …
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Die empirische Überprüfung von steuerlich bedingten Marktsegmentationen (Steuer-Klientel- Effekten) ergab an den DM-Anleihemärkten asymmetrische Ergebnisse für Anleihen in Abhängigkeit von deren Kurshöhe. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden diese Resultate durch Friktionen bei der Bildung von...
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Der folgende Beitrag analysiert das optimale Verhalten eines Investors, der Arbitrage zwischen Kassa- und Futuresmarkt betreibt. Gegenüber dem Standardmodell der cash & carry-Arbitrage wird der zulässige Strategieraum des Arbitrageurs erweitert, indem berücksichtigt wird, daß der Arbitrageur...
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Die asymmetrische Besteuerung von Zinseinkünften und Kursgewinnen kann zu Marktsegmentationen in Form von Steuer-Klientel-Effekten führen. Darunter ist der Tatbestand zu verstehen, daß es für PrivatanIeger mit hohem Grenzsteuersatz nicht sinnvoll ist, Anleihen mit hohem Kupon zu erwerben und...
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