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The underpricing of initial public offerings is a well-documented fact of empirical equity market research. Theories explain this underpricing with market imperfections. We study three empirically relevant IPO mechanisms under almost perfect market conditions in the laboratory: a stylized book...
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.S. mergers between 1997 and 2017. I document that following a merger announcement, the most likely competitors experience on …There is a growing concern that U.S. merger control may have been too lenient, but empirical evidence remains limited …. Event studies have been used as one method to acquire empirical insights into the competitive effects of mergers. However …
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We develop a dynamic matching and bargaining game with aggregate uncertainty about the relative scarcity of a commodity. We use our model to study price discovery in a decentralized exchange economy: Traders gradually learn about the state of the market through a sequence of multilateral...
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buyers. In particular, I show that when trade is decentralized and participation isendogenous, constrained asset demand and …
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I develop a search-and-bargaining model of endogenous intermediation in over-the-counter markets. Unlike the existing work, my model allows for rich investor heterogeneity in three simultaneous dimensions: preferences, inventories, and meeting rates. By comparing trading-volume patterns that...
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When a new asset keeps changing its narrative, investors find difficulty in classifying and understanding the new asset. Rational investors therefore face unprecedented uncertainty and learn about the joint dynamics to optimize their portfolio accordingly. Bitcoin's "digital gold" narrative, as...
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9-ending prices are a dominant feature of many retail settings, which according to the existing literature, is because consumers perceive them as being relatively low. Are 9-ending prices really lower than comparable non 9-ending prices? Surprisingly, the empirical evidence on this question is...
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disadvantaged investors and entrepreneurs from the market. We recommend a market design that allows for some excessive demand. Such …
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Regulators, exchanges, and politicians are considering reining in maker-taker pricing, which is used as a competitive tool by trading venues to acquire order flow. Examining the 2013 reduction in trading fees operated by BATS on its European venues, we document significant effects on market...
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We study the consequences of trading fragmentation and speed on liquidity and asset prices. Trading venues invest in speed-enhancing technologies and price trading services to attract investors. Investors trade due to preference shocks. We show how the resulting market organization affects asset...
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