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Positive hurdle rates without asymmetric information

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Chen, Q; Jiang, W
Published in: Finance Research Letters
April 1, 2004

We present a simple model where a firm will commit to a strictly positive hurdle rate on investment proposals by managers even though the two parties are symmetrically informed about the investments' profitability. Facing a positive hurdle rate, a manager who derives partial benefits from the investment profits will have more incentive to collect information about the projects. The optimal hurdle rate trades off the benefit of more information with the cost of foregoing ex post positive Net Present Value (NPV) projects. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Finance Research Letters

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1544-6123

Publication Date

April 1, 2004

Volume

1

Issue

2

Start / End Page

106 / 112

Related Subject Headings

  • Finance
  • 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment
 

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Chen, Q., & Jiang, W. (2004). Positive hurdle rates without asymmetric information. Finance Research Letters, 1(2), 106–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2004.03.001
Chen, Q., and W. Jiang. “Positive hurdle rates without asymmetric information.” Finance Research Letters 1, no. 2 (April 1, 2004): 106–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2004.03.001.
Chen Q, Jiang W. Positive hurdle rates without asymmetric information. Finance Research Letters. 2004 Apr 1;1(2):106–12.
Chen, Q., and W. Jiang. “Positive hurdle rates without asymmetric information.” Finance Research Letters, vol. 1, no. 2, Apr. 2004, pp. 106–12. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.frl.2004.03.001.
Chen Q, Jiang W. Positive hurdle rates without asymmetric information. Finance Research Letters. 2004 Apr 1;1(2):106–112.
Journal cover image

Published In

Finance Research Letters

DOI

ISSN

1544-6123

Publication Date

April 1, 2004

Volume

1

Issue

2

Start / End Page

106 / 112

Related Subject Headings

  • Finance
  • 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment