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Pricing, issuance volume, and design of innovative securities: The role of investor information

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  • Ammann, Manuel
  • Arnold, Marc
  • Straumann, Simon

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This study investigates the role of asymmetric information for the pricing, issuance volume, and design of innovative securities. By analyzing the information that structured product issuers provide to the investors of those products, we can identify specific sources of asymmetric information between the issuers and investors in this market. We show that issuers exploit this information friction to offer products to investors that appear more profitable for the issuer. In addition, we find that the friction induces issuers to design products with higher information asymmetry. Our results suggest that product issuers’ behavior increases information frictions in the financial system.

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  • Ammann, Manuel & Arnold, Marc & Straumann, Simon, 2023. "Pricing, issuance volume, and design of innovative securities: The role of investor information," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 55(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jfinin:v:55:y:2023:i:c:s1042957323000244
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2023.101041
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    Keywords

    Structured products; Investor information; Financial innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects

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