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Disclosure, Liquidity, and the Cost of Capital

DIAMOND, DOUGLAS W., VERRECCHIA, ROBERT E.·1991·The Journal of Finance

Abstract

This paper shows that revealing public information to reduce information asymmetry can reduce a firm's cost of capital by attracting increased demand from large investors due to increased liquidity of its securities. Large firms will disclose more information since they benefit most. Disclosure also reduces the risk bearing capacity available through market makers. If initial information asymmetry is large, reducing it will increase the current price of the security. However, the maximum current price occurs with some asymmetry of information: further reduction of information asymmetry accentuates the undesirable effects of exit from market making.

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Crossref · 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1991.tb04620.x

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  • The most commonly discussed benefit of transparency is that it reduces asymmetric information, and hence lowers the cost of trading the firm's securities and the firm's cost of capital.

    “The most commonly discussed benefit of transparency is that it reduces asymmetric information, and hence lowers the cost of trading the firm's securities and the firm's cost of capital.”

    From Transparency and corporate governance (2014) · cites this paper as Diamond and Verrecchia (1991)

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Authors
DIAMOND, D. W., & VERRECCHIA, R. E.
Affiliations
Georgetown University (US)
Venue
The Journal of Finance
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1991-09
Volume
46
Issue
4
Pages
1325-1359
ISSN
  • 0022-1082 (ISSN-L)
  • 1540-6261
OpenAlex
W2154187126
Cited by
3,836
References
16
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Journal of Finance (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Keywords
information disclosure, information asymmetry, cost of capital, liquidity, large investors, market makers, security prices, firm size, corporate finance

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