This article examines the nature of disclosure standards, under the assumption that (i) standards preferred by more firms are collectively chosen and (ii) privately informed firms prefer standards that increase market perceptions about the value of their assets. A standard is stable if it is...

This article develops a theory of standard-setting in which accounting standards emerge endogenously from an institutional bargaining process. It provides a unified framework with investment and voluntary disclosure to examine the links between regulatory institutions and accounting choice....

Does managing the production of information add value in economic environments where a manager may claim to be uninformed and withhold unfavorable news? We examine this question by nesting an optimal persuasion mechanism, controlling how evidence is organized, within a voluntary disclosure...

On March 31st, 2023, the Italian data protection authority found that ChatGPT violated data protection laws and banned the service in Italy, providing a natural experiment to assess the economic consequences of generative AI. Leveraging this event, we show that Italian firms with greater...

This study examines the impact of government financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand for crypto assets and the effect of crypto interest on the stated goals of stimulus programs. Government lending to small businesses (PPP) significantly increased households’ interest...

This primer offers a hands-on accessible guide to writing and estimating structural models. We review commonly-used methodologies, including dynamic programming, maximum likelihood, generalized and simulated method of moments, conditional choice probabilities as well as tools to compute standard...