We propose a model to study firm relationships that endogenously determine the correlation structure of asset cash flows. Forming a relationship makes firms face the following trade-off in their valuations: On the one hand, collaboration generates an additional payoff component with a positive...

In many scenarios, investors in financial markets are uncertain about the relationship between two firms and have to rely on firms' disclosure of such relationship. We develop a theory to study the asset pricing implications of this relationship uncertainty and how such relationship uncertainty...