In McLean and Postlewaite (2002), we analyzed pure exchange economies with asymmetrically informed agents. We defined a notion of informational size and showed that, when the aggregate information of all agents resolves nearly all the uncertainty regarding the state of nature, the conflict...

In McLean and Postlewaite (2001), we analyzed a general equilibrium model with asymetrically informed agents. We presented a notion of informational size and showed (among other things) that when agents' information as a whole resolved nearly all the uncertainty, the conflict between incentive...