Security prices and market transparency: the role of prior information


Autoria(s): Frutos, M. Ángeles de; Manzano, Carolina
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia

Data(s)

2005

Resumo

This paper analyzes the role of traders' priors (proper versus improper) on the implications of market transparency by comparing a pre-trade transparent market with an opaque market in a set-up based on Madhavan (1996). We show that prices may be more informative in the opaque market, regardless of how priors are modelled. In contrast, the comparison of market liquidity and volatility in the two market structures are affected by prior specification. Key words: Market microstructure, Transparency, Prior information

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Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2072/1754

Idioma(s)

eng

Relação

Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2005-4

Direitos

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Palavras-Chave #Mercat de capitals #Informació privilegiada
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper