This paper shows that real decisions depend not only on the total amount of information in prices, but the source of this information -- a manager learns from prices when they contain information not possessed by him. We use the staggered enforcement of insider trading laws across 27 countries...

Effektivität, Effektivitätssteigerung, Funktionsschutz, Insiderhandel, Kapitalmarkt, Kapitalmarktrecht, Marktbissbrauchsverordnung, Marktmanipulation, Rechtsgut, Strafrecht, Umgehungsklausel, Verstoß von Geschäftsleitern im Risikomanagement, Whistleblower, § 54a KWG

This paper develops a model to study the formation and regulation of information transmission networks. We analyze a cat and mouse game between a regulator, who sets and enforces a regulatory environment, and agents, who form networks to disseminate and share insider information. For any given...