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Call Market Experiments : Efficiency and Price Discovery Through Multiple Calls and Emergent Newton Adjustments
Plott, Charles R. - 2017
We study multiple-unit, laboratory experimental call markets in which orders are cleared by a single price at a scheduled "call." The markets are independent trading "days" with two calls each day preceded by a continuous and public order flow. Markets approach the competitive equilibrium over...
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Bayesian Bid Updating in Experimental IPO Pricing Methods
Almeida, Vinicio - 2015
This article investigates bid updating and subject learning in experimental initial public offers (IPO) of stock pricing methods. A clock auction stands for the "Dutch auction". A sealed-bid uniform price auction represents "book building". A two-stage "book building" emulation represents a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027023
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Do REITs outperform stocks and fixed-income assets? : new evidence from mean-variance and stochastic dominance approaches
Chiang, Thomas C.; Hooi Hooi Lean; Wong, Wing Keung - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 1 (2008) 1, pp. 1-40
This paper re-examines the performance of REITs, stocks, and fixed-income assets based on the preferences of risk …-averse and risk-seeking investors using mean-variance and stochastic dominance approaches. Our findings indicate no first … order to maximize their expected utility, the risk-averse prefer fixed-income assets over real estate, which, in turn, is …
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Market Transparency and Call Markets
Oehler, Andreas; Unser, Matthias - 1998
This paper reports the results of 16 experimental asset markets that explore the effects of trade transparency on the price formation process and its results using a more realistic design than related studies. The open orderbook does not improve informational efficiency and does not result in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296583
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Discovering the best: Informational efficiency and liquidity of alternative trading mechanisms in experimental asset markets
Oehler, Andreas; Heilmann, Klaus; Läger, Volker - 2001
This paper reports the results of 18 experimental asset markets with 262 subjects that explore the effects of liquidity and aggregation of information. The main focus lies on the comparison of different trading mechanisms of stock exchanges. Compared to most of financial markets experiments,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296586
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The quality of price formation at market openings and closings: Evidence from the Nasdaq stock market
Pagano, Michael S.; Peng, Lin; Schwartz, Robert A. - 2008
We assess the quality of opening and closing prices for Nasdaq stocks by examining the effect that opening and closing call auctions (introduced in 2004) have had on price formation. Our use of measurement intervals of one minute or less sharpens the picture of intra-day volatility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303693
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Do Insiders Contribute to Market Efficiency? Informational Efficiency and Liquidity of Experimental Call Markets with and without Insiders
Oehler, Andreas; Heilmann, Klaus; Läger, Volker - 2000
This paper reports the results of 13 experimental asset markets with 195 subjects that explore the effects of insider behavior on the price formation process and market liquidity. The experimental call markets use a more realistic design than related studies. We introduce infinitely-lived assets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332635
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Preemptive bidding, target resistance, and takeover premiums
Dimopoulos, Theodosios; Sacchetto, Stefano - 2011
This paper empirically evaluates two possible sources of large takeover premiums: preemptive bidding and target resistance. We develop an auction model that features costly sequential entry of bidders in takeover contests and that encompasses both explanations. We estimate the model parameters...
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The effects of a financial transaction tax in an artificial financial market
Fricke, Daniel; Lux, Thomas - 2013
We investigate the effects of a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) in an order-driven artificial financial market. FTTs are meant to limit short-term speculative behavior by reducing the amount of excess liquidity in the system. To quantify these effects, adjustments in trading strategies and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009783698
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The quality of price formation at market openings and closings : evidence from the Nasdaq stock market
Pagano, Michael S.; Peng, Lin; Schwartz, Robert A. - 2008
We assess the quality of opening and closing prices for Nasdaq stocks by examining the effect that opening and closing call auctions (introduced in 2004) have had on price formation. Our use of measurement intervals of one minute or less sharpens the picture of intra-day volatility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831253