This paper provides theory and evidence examining the importance of information transfers in international trade …. Information is modeled as an endogenous fixed cost of trade that enters as input into market-specific product appeal. Differences … in bilateral communication costs, information intensities across traded goods and market potentials across foreign …

the light of agency theory and asymmetric information. The focus is on the nonconvertible callable-puttable fixed … issues and asymmetric information. A sample of (159) securities issued over the period (1977-2005) are examined using Merton … insurance against the asymmetric information about the firm's downside risk. Specifically, the effects of asset substitution are …

estimate, summary information on a base June 1982 capital cost, details of the escalated capital cost estimate and separate … sections devoted to preoperations, start-up, and operations cost. The base estimate is supported by detailed information in …

supplies often determined by the local provision of business information. Consequently, an increasing research effort has …

utilities, and energy-efficiency and load-management programs, the need will increase for comprehensive and accurate information … between the information available on these two types of resources. 49 refs., 15 figs., 11 tabs. …

-out and report-distribution steps; thus, the summary information is available several days ahead of the detailed reports. This …

The Petroleum Marketing Monthly (PMM) is designed to give information and statistical data about a variety of crude …