Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is the only market open on Sundays and trades ETNs on local and US indices. We use this feature to estimate the causal relation between the inventory cost and the bid-ask spread. We compare spreads on the most liquid indices on Sundays and other days using...

We identify and characterize order splitting strategies in an automated limit order market. We model the market conditions and order characteristics, which lead to the use of order splitting strategies. We find a positive correlation between price aggressiveness and the propensity to split an...

We examine a dynamic model of voluntary disclosure of multiple pieces of private information. In our model, a manager of a firm who may learn multiple signals over time interacts with a competitive capital market and maximizes payoffs that increase in both period prices. We show (perhaps...

We study a model in which managers' disclosure and investment decisions are both endogenous and managers can manipulate their voluntary reports through (suboptimal) investment, financing or operating decisions. Managers are privately informed about the value of their firm and have incentives to...

We study optimal compensation contracts that (i) are designed to address a joint moral hazard and adverse selection problem and that (ii) are based on performance measures which may be manipulated by the agent at a cost. In the model, a manager is privately informed about his productivity prior...