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.

Recent surveys report that firms claim they do not rely heavily on patents in order toappropriate a return on their innovation. Yet, firms do patent, as indicated by the largenumber of patents that are granted. This paper offers a possible resolution to this puzzle.It takes a simplified version...

This paper represents a first attempt at a tractable analysis of how monetary policy influences the income distribution in an economy. It presents a monetary growth model in which inflation affects credit market efficiency, and via this link, influences capital accumulation, and the income...

We consider optimal trade policy for a large country with private information. We show that the optimal tariff leads to a signaling equilibrium with higher tariffs and lower welfare than under complete information, whereas the optimal import quota replicates the complete information equilibrium...