I study a persuasion game between a privately informed agent and a decision maker (DM) who can imperfectly verify the statements made by the agent by observing a signal that is correlated with the agent's information. I find that whether or not the DM benefits from communicating with the agent...

Intro -- Preface -- Table of Statutes -- Table of Statutory Instruments -- Table of Cases -- 1. Aim and synopsis of the book -- Introduction -- 1. General structure of this book -- 2. Balancing the interests of employer and employee: an introduction -- 3. Balancing the interests of an...

The paper relies on a firm-level data on transition economies to examine the relationship between informality and bank credit. We find evidence that informality is robustly and significantly associated with lower access to and use of bank credit. We also find that higher tax compliance costs...

This paper links the current sub-prime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion of this market. We show that lending standards declined more in areas that experienced larger credit booms and house price increases. We also find that the underlying...

Purpose – This study aims to explore information asymmetry (IA) (as measured by the adverse selection component of the bid-ask spread) around S&P 500 revisions. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use adverse selection cost of trading measures to examine the effects of S&P 500 index...

Purpose This paper aims to examine the design of optimal incentives for a firm’s tax department in the presence of information asymmetry. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides a theoretical model to examine the design of optimal incentives. The focus is on a situation in which a...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the empirical relationship between trades undertaken by informed agents (managers) and the proxies for informed trades computed by bid-ask spread decomposition models. Design/methodology/approach An econometric application of spread decomposition...

Purpose This paper aims to explain the extent of social responsibility disclosure by Brazilian philanthropic higher education institutions (PHEIs). This paper assumes that there is information asymmetry between these organizations and their stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach The presence...