Financial Innovation and Risk, the Role of Information /

Financial innovation has increased diversification opportunities and lowered investment costs, but has not reduced the relative cost of active (informed) investment strategies relative to passive (less informed) strategies. What are the consequences? I study an economy with linear production technol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Piazza, Roberto
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/266
Online Access:Full text available on IMF