In the absence of quoted prices in active markets, the measurement of fair values is complex and difficult to verify. Prior literature finds that investors discount fair value estimates based on unobservable inputs (i.e., Level 3). However, these value relevance tests cannot discern whether the...

This dissertation comprises three distinct chapters. The third chapter examines the capital market effects of standardized voluntary disclosure of industry-specific information in an ex-ante strong information environment, which is the European real estate sector. We compute three proxies...