How does increasing globalization affect corporate transparency? Freer trade represents different facets and in theory … sector-country-year level, and a second measure of globalization-induced product market competition based on a country's own … engendered by globalization promotes corporate transparency, especially in industries that depend heavily on external financing …

Marketing and distribution expenses are responsible for about a third of the cost of active management in the mutual … skill net of fees. Declining investor search costs over time imply a reduction in marketing expenses and management fees as … fund industry. We develop and estimate a structural model of mutual fund marketing with learning about unobserved skill and …

I develop a new theory of marketing costs and introduce it into a model of trade with product differentiation and firm …

locked in. However, it is consistent with a literature which emphasizes the importance of marketing and advertising …

Intensive and controversial marketing of infant formula is believed to be responsible for millions of infant deaths in …

Firms spend substantial resources on marketing and selling. Interpreting this as evidence of frictions in product …

We present several empirical facts about trends in marketing investment in the US. We also present estimates of the … private benefits to firms from their advertising and the established academic wisdom for the striking magnitude of marketing …