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The aim of this study is to assess the extent to which the degree of heterogeneity of inflation expectations is driven by the flow of information related to current and future price developments. To that end, we follow three routes: i) We propose different measures of information flow that have...
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randomly and exchange information through word-of-mouth communication, and (ii) the price aggregates information through the … findings. These results serve as a road sign indicating the central role played by word-of-mouth communication in financial …
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Using the language of mathematics, Professor Polk Wagner has recently argued that the impossibility of fully appropriating the value of information in a rights holder leads to the surprising conclusion that expanding the degree of control of intellectual property rights will, in the long run,...
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Using several measures of information share, we examine price discovery across the inter-dealer and dealer-customer market tiers in the currencies market. In the spot market, the information share of the inter-dealer tier is higher than that of the dealer-customer one for non-financial sector...
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techniques - we document a range of trends in recent autocracies that fit the theory: a decline in violence, efforts to conceal …
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This paper explores the long-standing empirical fact of increased trading volume around news releases through the lens of canonical models of gradual information diffusion and differences of opinion. I use a unique dataset of clicks on news by key finance professionals to distinguish between...
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We analyze how reputation concerns for expertise of a partially informed decision maker affect her ability to extract information from reputation-concerned advisors. Very high reputation concerns of the decision maker destroy her incentives to seek advice. Yet, when such concerns are not high...
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We propose a rational model to explain time-series momentum. The key ingredient is word-of-mouth communication, which … we introduce in a noisy rational expectations framework. Word-of-mouth communication accelerates information revelation … significant proportion of investors trade on it. We also show that word-of-mouth communication spreads rumors and generates price …
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Firms and other institutions frequently evaluate their employees. Some firms ask for their employees to complete self-evaluation reports (SERs). The consensus in the business literature is that SERs are not credible and should only be used as a developmental tool. I discuss when SERs are useful...
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