Consumer-centric healthcare has been extolled as the centerpiece of a new model for managing both quality and price. However, information asymmetry in consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) is a ...

In fast-paced environments with high stakes, emergency physicians have to quickly make the best decisions possible with imperfect or incomplete information. Under the circumstances, this information ...

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We examine the relationship between asymmetric information and the cost of going public for equity carve-outs (ECOs) as compared to ordinary initial public offerings (IPOs). We decompose underpricing ...

In contract theory and economics, Information Asymmetry deals with the study of decisions in transactions where one party in a transaction is in possession of more information than the other.

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Will Coinbase’s latest efforts help to level the user playing field? Perhaps, but more adoption, liquidity and regulation will also be needed. It has long been believed that investors possessing ...