This volume was prepared by Constantin Mang while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes a short introduction and four self-contained chapters that focus on ICT...

Investors use social media in order to access and exchange information regarding recent events in the business and financial domain. Social media support investors to reduce uncertainty about the implications and the evaluation of such business events. Companies benefit from these event-related...