Information Diversity and Complementarities in Trading and Information Acquisition

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Journal: Journal of Finance
Year: 2015
Volume: 70
Issue: 4
Pages: 1723-1765

Authors (2)

ITAY GOLDSTEIN (not in RePEc) LIYAN YANG (University of Toronto)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

type="main"> <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>We analyze a model in which different traders are informed of different fundamentals that affect the security value. We identify a source for strategic complementarities in trading and information acquisition: aggressive trading on information about one fundamental reduces uncertainty in trading on information about the other fundamental, encouraging more trading and information acquisition on that fundamental. This tends to amplify the effect of exogenous changes in the underlying information environment. Due to complementarities, greater diversity of information in the economy improves price informativeness. We discuss the relation between our model and recent financial phenomena and derive testable empirical implications.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:jfinan:v:70:y:2015:i:4:p:1723-1765
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29