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This paper provides the foundations of a general theory of information and the capital market. We show that in a pure …, and, in particular, they may behave in a risk averse manner, paying attention to own risk (which traditional theory …
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broadly neutral with regard to work incentives. Exploiting variation in pension wealth and work incentives across different …
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can be explained by the availability of publicly-funded disability insurance and the financial incentives provided by … affected by financial incentives. A one standard deviation change in the option value is estimated to reduce the likelihood of … exit probability of 9.4%. This suggests the variation in financial incentives across different individuals could explain a …
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describes incentives to enter technology areas characterized by varying technological opportunity, complexity, and the potential …
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We consider the strategic timing of information releases in a dynamic disclosure model. Because investors don't know whether or when the firm is informed, the firm will not necessarily disclose immediately. We show that bad market news can trigger the immediate release of information by firms....
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We calculate equilibria of dynamic double-auction markets in which agents are distinguished by their preferences and information. Over time, agents are privately informed by bids and offers. Investors are segmented into groups that differ with respect to characteristics determining information...
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Using a comprehensive sample of trades by Schedule 13D filers, who possess valuable private information when they accumulate stocks of targeted companies, this paper studies whether several liquidity measures reveal the presence of informed trading. The evidence suggests that when Schedule 13D...
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This paper analyzes the effects of government intervention in credit markets when lenders use collateral, interest, and the probability of granting a loan as potential screening devices. Equilibria with and without rationing are examined. The principal theme is that credit policies operate...
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The ability of capital markets to distinguish firms of different value by the size of their initial equity offerings is attenuated when insiders can sell equity more than once. A model is developed in which there is price risk from holding equity between periods. When the uncertainty is small....
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This paper examines equilibrium and welfare in a tractable class of economies with externalities, strategic complementarity or substitutability, and incomplete information. In equilibrium, complementarity amplifies aggregate volatility by increasing the sensitivity of actions to public...
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