This is the softcover version of a title that was released in 2002 and has sold more than 500 copies since then world wide. Examines the fundamentals of the decision-facilitating and decision-influencing role of information in accounting. Emphasises the impact of public and private information on equilibria and investor welfare in capital and product markets.
Part A: Basic Decision-Facilitating Role of Information.- Single Person Decision Making under Uncertainty.- Decision-Facilitating Information.- Risk Sharing, Congruent Preferences, and Information in Partnerships. Part B: Public Information in Equity Markets.- Arbitrage and Risk Sharing in Single-period Markets.- Arbitrage and Risk Sharing in Multi-period Markets.- Public Information in Multi-period Markets.- Production Choice in Efficient Markets.- Relation Between Market Values and Future Accounting Numbers.- Relation Between Market Values and Contemporaneous Accounting Numbers. Part C: Private Investor Information in Equity Markets.- Impact of Private Investor Information in Equity Markets.- Strategic Use of Private Investor Information in Equity Markets. Part D: Disclosure of Private Owner Information in Equity and Product Markets.- Disclosure of Private Information by an Undiversified Owner.- Disclosure of Private Information by Diversified Owners.- Disclosure of Private Information in Product Markets.- Author Index.- Subject Index.