Information Ambiguity and Firm Value

A recent theoretical model by Epstein and Schneider (2008) predicts that a firm’s assets will be undervalued by the market if the information surrounding these assets is ambiguous. The model further predicts that this effect is amplified if the underlying fundamentals are volatile. This paper provides an empirical test.

Hussinger, Katrin and Sebastian Pacher (2014), Information Ambiguity and Firm Value, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-093, Mannheim.