Suppose the value of a firm is endogenously determined by a manager's costly effort. We call this manager a distinguished player if he also can trade shares of the firm on a market. Arbitrage-free asset pricing theory suggests that the equilibrium market price reflects the value increasing...

Arbitrage-free asset pricing theory suggests that equilibrium price and equilibrium value of a firm coincide and correctly anticipate the equilibrium effort of a value-enhancing manager, called the distinguished player. This article shows that in equilibrium investors trade shares of such a firm...

We consider a public firm characterized by a moral hazard problem. A distinguished player is a CEO or activist shareholder who (i) is unrestricted to trade shares and (ii) has discretion to increase the value of this firm by exerting costly effort. Von Lilienfeld-Toal and Ru ̈nzi (2014)...

Suppose the value of a ¯rm is endogenously determined by a manager\'s costly e®ort. We call this manager a distinguished player if he also can trade shares of the ¯rm on a market. Arbitrage-free asset pricing theory suggests that the equilibrium market price re°ects the value increasing...