Using a large data sample of 58,562 new municipal issues covering the period from 1984 to 2002, we examine whether the quality of advice provided by a financial advisor affects new issue interest costs. We find that higher-quality financial advisors are associated with statistically significant...

This study analyzes the differences in interest rates of GO and RV bonds. Empirical analyses show that RV bonds cost an average of 74 basis points more than the GO bonds. We hypothesize that differences in information asymmetry influence these yield differences. We use the issue spread as a...

The implementation of the Government Accounting Standards Board's Statement 45 mandates disclosure of other post-employment benefits in a standardized format. The mandate provides an opportunity to analyze non-information impacts of mandatory disclosures, as key components of the information...