We show that hedge funds gain an information advantage from their prime broker banks regarding the banks' corporate … high revenue potential for prime broker banks. These informed trades appear to be based on information not just about the … analysts inside the banks are one potential conduit of information transfer …

Does social identity affect how decision makers consume and digest new information? We study this question through a … cost. Making social identity observable significantly affects information acquisition and makes receivers more prone to … truthtelling. This change in information acquisition has implications for optimal decision making: it negatively affects receivers …