This paper examines a class of signaling games with multi-dimensional private information to study how the prior, joint distribution of the private information variables affect a signal's effectiveness in revealing information about these variables. To illustrate the general problem investigated...

We show that hedge funds gain an information advantage from their prime broker banks regarding the banks' corporate borrowers. The connected hedge funds make abnormally large trades in the stocks of borrowing firms prior to loan announcements, and these trades outperform other trades. The...

This paper analyzes equlibrium and welfare for a tractable class of economies (games) with externalities, strategic complementarity or substitutability, and heterogenous information. First, we characterize the equilibrium use of information; complementarity heightens the sensitivity of...

Informationen sind für den Anleger im Aktienmarkt überwiegend schädlich, insbesondere, wenn es sich dabei um öffentliche, also beispielsweise um Jahresabschluß-Informationen handelt. Dies ist das Ergebnis einer informationsökonomischen Beschäftigung mit der Frage, welchen Nutzen dem...

To identify the causal impact of face-to-face communication on local informational advantage, I exploit variation in social interactions driven by COVID-19 lockdowns. Using stay-at-home orders, SafeGraph footprint data, and the number of Covid cases to identify constraints on in-person...

We identify analysts' information acquisition patterns by linking EDGAR server activity to analysts' brokerage houses. Analysts rely on EDGAR in 26% of their estimate updates with an average of eight filings viewed. We document that analysts' attention to public information is driven by the...