Entropy and the value of information for investors
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- Antonio Cabrales & Olivier Gossner & Roberto Serrano, 2013. "Entropy and the Value of Information for Investors," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 103(1), pages 360-377, February.
- Cabrales, Antonio & Gossner, Olivier & Serrano, Roberto, 2011. "Entropy and the value of information for investors," UC3M Working papers. Economics we1104, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de EconomÃa.
- Antonio Cabrales & Olivier Gossner & Roberto Serrano, 2010. "Entropy and the value of information for investors," Working Papers 2010-23, Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA) Ciencias Sociales.
- Antonio Cabrales & Olivier Gossner & Roberto Serrano, 2010. "Entropy and the value of information for investors," Working Papers 2010-17, Brown University, Department of Economics.
- Antonio Cabrales & Olivier Gossner & Roberto Serrano, 2013. "Entropy and the Value of Information for Investors," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-00812682, HAL.
- Antonio Cabrales & Olivier Gossner & Roberto Serrano, 2011. "Entropy and the value of information for investors," Working Papers halshs-00648884, HAL.
- Antonio Cabrales & Olivier Gossner & Roberto Serrano, 2010. "Entropy and the value of information for investors," Levine's Working Paper Archive 661465000000000355, David K. Levine.
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Keywords
Informativeness; Information structures; Entropy; Decision under uncertainty; Investment; Blackwell ordering;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C00 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - General
- C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
- D00 - Microeconomics - - General - - - General
- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- G00 - Financial Economics - - General - - - General
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
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