This paper proposes and tests a model of firm valuation under incompleteinformation that explains the ambiguous relation between idiosyncratic volatilityand stock returns. Specifically, we show that, when investors have incompleteinformation, expected returns as measured by an econometrician...

In a Lucas orchard with heterogeneous beliefs, we study the link between market-wide uncertainty, difference of opinionsand co-movement of stock returns. We show that this link plays an important role in explaining the dynamics of equilibriumvolatility and correlation risk premia. In our...

In einem 1977 erschienenen Aufsatz haben Hayne Leland und David Pyle erstmals nachgewiesen, daß die Beteiligungsquote der Unternehmensleitung als Signal dienen kann, aus dem externe Kapitalgeber Rückschlüsse auf die Ertragsaussichten der Unternehmung ziehen können. Das recht anspruchsvolle...

During the last years issues of strategic management accounting have received widespread attention in the accounting literature. Yet the conceptual foundation of most proposals is not clear. This paper presents a theoretical analysis of one of the most prominent approaches of strategic...

Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, in die ökonomische Analyse des Versicherungsbetrugs einzuführenund einige grundlegende Determinanten für vertragswidriges Verhalten von Versicherungsnehmern aufzuzeigen. Dazu werden zunächst die strategischen Entscheidungsprobleme von Versicherungsneh-mern und...

This article investigates the impacts of asymmetric information within a Lucas (1978) asset pricing economy. Asymmetry enters via the assumption that one group of agents is equipped with superior information about the dividend process.(...)

Restricted access to finance is often stated as one of the main obstaclesto the development of the SME sector in Russia. In this paper, wepropose a new lending strategy that allows private banks to profitablyincrease financing of this sector in spite of being at a disadvantagecompared to the...

This paper shows how this becomes an informational first-mover advantage that turns innovators into the market leader.

Der Prozeß des Leistungsaustauschs zwischen Anbietern und Nachfragern im elektronischen Handel läßt sich in einzelne Phasen untergliedern.