Suppose the value of a firm is endogenously determined by a manager's costly effort. We call this manager a distinguished player if he also can trade shares of the firm on a market. Arbitrage-free asset pricing theory suggests that the equilibrium market price reflects the value increasing...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ONE. NO ARBITRAGE: THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF FINANCE -- TWO. BOUNDING THE PRICING KERNEL, ASSET PRICING, AND COMPLETE MARKETS -- THREE. EFFICIENT MARKETS -- FOUR. A NEOCLASSICAL LOOK AT BEHAVIORAL FINANCE: THE CLOSED-END FUND PUZZLE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX