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portfolios to investors. We extend the signaling model for single sales of risky assets to portfolio sales. We identify … conditions under which signaling at the portfolio level dominates signaling at the single asset level. In particular, when banks …
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private sector, impairing the stabilizing effects of the policy. Using a theoretical model, we show that these signaling … identify fiscal news with different degrees of signaling effects and find that such effects weaken or, in extreme cases, even …
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Contrary to the central prediction of signaling models, changes in profits do not empirically follow changes in … dividends. We show both theoretically and empirically that dividends signal safer, rather than higher, future profits. Using the … model's predictions, cash-flow volatility changes in the opposite direction from that of dividend changes and larger changes …
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We study adaptation to climate change in a federalist setting. To protect themselves against an increase in flood risk, regional governments choose among adaptation measures that vary with respect to their costs, the level of protection they offer, and the presence and nature of spillovers to...
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show that herding behavior plays an important signaling role in reducing opportunity costs if the auction does not receive … and highlight the controversial effects of signaling mechanisms on adverse selection in crowdfunding markets. …
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studying (the pure human capital model) or whether studying has no effect on productivity (the pure signaling model). Thus … help to distinguish between human capital and signaling. However, with longitudinal data, RDD can be used to estimate the …
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We analyze optimal redistribution in the presence of labor market signaling where innate productive ability is not only … unobserved by the government, but also by prospective employers. Signaling in both one and two dimensions is considered, where in … redistributing income and affecting signalling incentives is analyzed, as well as extended tax systems that combine income taxation …
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In this article we study the corporate tax effects on credit market equilibria. In particular, we develop a model that accounts for five pieces of evidence: i) the existence of a tax incentive to borrow, ii) the negative relationship between leverage and profitability, iii) the existence of...
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Decisions to donate time or money for charitable purposes are typically seen as make-or-buy decisions, implying that there should be a clear distinction between individuals engaging in one of these two forms of giving and that this distinction should be somehow linked to opportunity costs. But...
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; signaling …
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