A central prediction of information economics is that market forces can lead businesses to voluntarily provide information about the quality of their products, yet little voluntary disclosure is observed in the field. In this paper, we demonstrate that the inconsistency between theory and reality is driven by a fundamental failure in consumer inferences when sellers withhold information. Using ...

Hossein Abouee-Mehrizi Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3E6, CANADA, [email protected] Barış Balcıog̃lu Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G8, CANADA, [email protected] Opher Baron Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3E6, CANADA, Opher.Baron@R...

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This article on the Brazilian composer Walter Burle Marx (b São Paulo, 1902; d Akron, Ohio, 1990) is part of an ambitious project, which aims at publishing a performing edition all four Marx’s symphonies. His Symphony No. 2 (“Brasiliana”), written in 1950, reflects national and cosmopolitan influences. The early twentieth century Brazil was effervescent period when nationalism watchword. climat...