Information in financial markets and its real effects

I Goldstein - Review of Finance, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Financial markets have a central role in allocating resources in modern economies. One of
the main functions of financial markets is the discovery of information. This information in …

Climate risk disclosure and risk sharing in financial markets

K Smith - Available at SSRN 4552385, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
In this paper, I model how climate risk disclosure affects investors' ability to use the financial
market to share climate risk. In stark contrast to the Hirshleifer effect, when investors face …

Efficiency Implications of Knowledge Generation: Private versus Public Firms

I Goldstein, S Hirth, M Lassak - Available at SSRN 5030469, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
We provide an equilibrium analysis investigating efficiency differences between private and
public firms' information generation strategies, emphasizing public firms' unique ability to …

Responsible Investors and Stock Market Feedback

H Chen, J Schneemeier - Available at SSRN 4296418, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
We analyze a manager's optimal reporting strategy when choosing between a green and a
brown project in the presence of market feedback. The project's success requires the …

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Feedback and welfare when hedgers can acquire information

J Olivier - HEC Paris Research Paper No. FIN-2023-1469, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
I analyze welfare in a model where information acquisition is endogenous, information has
real effects, and agents are rational. Hedgers derive a private benefit from holding the asset …