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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"asymmetry of information"”.
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Why so little trade : externalities asymmetry of information, and welfare
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1997.
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Optimal contracting with predecision information: Communication problems under pure asymmetry of information
The purpose of this dissertation is to extend the communication model to a situation where the agent searches for pre-decision information with effort in his own self-interest. We first introduce the agency model that involves the agent's information-searching behavior, the choice of information …
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The Viability of Profit-Loss Sharing Models to Finance Small and Medium Enterprises: The Case of Saudi Arabia
<p>This study aims to explore the role of profit-loss sharing (PLS) models to alleviate access to finance for small and medium enterprises in Saudi Arabia, in the light of the stringent requirements of traditional financial institutions, to ensure the growth and development of the SME sector. A …
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Asymmetrical Information Market Failure Triggered by the Chicago School's Profit Motive Paradigm: A Case Study of Virginia's Public Higher Education Market and Media Identification of Public Value Failure
This paper presents a case study examination of the Commonwealth of Virginia\'s public higher education market and the use of asymmetrical information flows between providers and consumers by college and university institutions to intentionally create market failures to maximize brand building …
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ESSAYS ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS' AID
The first half of the dissertation studies how conditional lending by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) affects the implementation of economic reforms. In the presence of asymmetric information about the outcome of a structural reform between an opportunistic agenda-setter government and …
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An investigation into full cost accounting in a higher education context
… practical change, and<br/>to measure the type of change and reasons for non-change using theoretical<br/>frameworks.<br/>The thesis first selects and develops an appropriate meta theoretical framework<br/>from the social and environmental accounting literature for analysis purposes,<br/>drawing …
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Credibility of annual management earnings forecasts: theory and evidence
Much of accounting research is predicated on the fact that the capital markets operate well because disclosures of annual earnings are verified. It is generally observed, however, that market responses to the unverified management forecasts may be as strong as responses to similar l verified …
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Three essays on the economics of corruption
… thesis contains three essays on the economics of corruption. The first essay presents a game-theoretic analysis of the Japanese defense market. The second essay presents a model---formulated from the mechanism design perspective---for analyzing the reemployment of high-ranking Japanese …
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Essays on information gathering in principal-agent contracts
This dissertation is a collection of essays on principal-agent contracts under asymmetry of information. The papers investigate how the possibility of acquiring information influences contracts. The first essay analyzes the contract between a principal and an agent, when the principal can conduct …
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Securitisation of mortgage loans, regulatory capital arbitrage and bank stability in South Africa: Econometric and theoretic analyses
… from the literature indicate that the use of securitisation as an instrument for regulatory arbitrage weakened banks’ soundness and caused, at least partially, the 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis. In this regard, financial institutions continually took advantage of the loopholes in the …