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Thinking about Prices versus Thinking about Returns in Financial Markets
Published: 08/08/2019 | DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12835
MARKUS GLASER, ZWETELINA ILIEWA, MARTIN WEBER
Prices and returns are alternative ways to present information and to elicit expectations in financial markets. But do investors think of prices and returns in the same way? We present three studies in which subjects differ in the level of expertise, amount of information, and type of incentive scheme. The results are consistent across all studies: asking subjects to forecast returns as opposed to prices results in higher expectations, whereas showing them return charts rather than price charts results in lower expectations. Experience is not a useful remedy but cognitive reflection mitigates the impact of format changes.
Opening the Black Box: Internal Capital Markets and Managerial Power
Published: 03/19/2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12046
MARKUS GLASER, FLORENCIO LOPEZ‐DE‐SILANES, ZACHARIAS SAUTNER
We analyze the internal capital markets of a multinational conglomerate, using a unique panel data set of planned and actual allocations to business units and a survey of unit CEOs. Following cash windfalls, more powerful managers obtain larger allocations and increase investment substantially more than their less connected peers. We identify cash windfalls as a source of misallocation of capital, as more powerful managers overinvest and their units exhibit lower ex post performance and productivity. These findings contribute to our understanding of frictions in resource allocation within firms and point to an important channel through which power may lead to inefficiencies.