The existing research on debt-maturity under asymmetric information has focused on the impact of differential information regarding asset quality on the debt maturity decision. This research has generally indicated the optimality of short-term debt financing as a vehicle of mitigating the...

We present experimental evidence on the effect of adverse selection on coverage choices and pricing in corporate insurance markets. Two sets of experimental data are presented to gauge these effects. In the first set, subject behavior appears to conform to the unique equilibrium in which high...

We provide experimental evidence that non-binding pre-play communication between bidders in auctions of shares facilitates the adoption of equilibrium strategies: collusive strategies in uniform-price auctions, and the unique equilibrium in undominated strategies in discriminatory auctions. When...

It is generally agreed that stockholder/bondholder agency conflicts are an important factor in the determination of corporate debt maturity policies. It has also frequently been argued that agency considerations favor shorter debt maturities. In this paper, we show that if the locus of the...

In this paper we analyze the optimal design of debt- maturity, coupon payments, and dividend payout restrictions under asymmetric information. In our model, if the asymmetry of information is concentrated around long-term cash flows, firms finance with coupon-bearing long-term debt that...

The interest rate swap market has grown rapidly. Since the inception of the swap market in 1981, the outstanding notional principal of interest rate swaps has reached a level of $12.81 trillion in 1995. Recent surveys indicate that interest rate swaps are the most commonly used interest rate...

We provide experimental evidence that non-binding pre-play communication between bidders in auctions of shares facilitates the adoption of equilibrium strategies: collusive strategies in uniform-price auctions, and the unique equilibrium in undominated strategies in discriminatory auctions. When...

We study the behavior of real exchange rates in a two-country dynamic equilibrium model. In this model, consumers can only consume domestic goods but can invest costlessly in capital stocks of both countries. Nevertheless, transporting goods between the two countries is costly and, hence, the...

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2008 emergency order introduced a shorting ban of some 800 financials traded in the US. This paper provides an empirical analysis of the options market around the ban period. Using transaction level data from OPRA (The Options Price Reporting...