1. Incentives for Information Production in Markets where Prices Affect Real Investment
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Alexander Guembel, Itay Goldstein, James Dow, Toulouse School of Management Research (TSM), Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Toulouse School of Management (TSM), Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Toulouse School of Management (TSM), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Toulouse School of Management (TSM), and Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1)-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1)
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EEN ,050208 finance ,Enterprise value ,Financial market ,05 social sciences ,B5- Finances ,Monetary economics ,Value of information ,Investment appraisal ,Microeconomics ,Investment decisions ,Incentive ,8. Economic growth ,0502 economics and business ,Business cycle ,[SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration ,Profitability index ,Stock market ,Business ,050207 economics ,General Economics, Econometrics and Finance ,B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE ,Stock (geology) - Abstract
International audience; We analyze information production incentives for traders in financial markets, when firms condition investment decisions on information revealed through stock prices. We show that traders’ private value of information about a firm’s investment project increases with the ex ante likelihood the project will be undertaken. This generates an informational amplification effect of shocks to firm value. Information production by traders may exhibit strategic complementarities for projects that would not be undertaken in the absence of positive news from the stock market. A small decline in fundamentals can lead to a market breakdown where information production ceases, and investment and firm value collapse. Our theory sheds light on how productivity shocks are amplified over the business cycle.
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- 2017
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