We study the efficiency of the equilibrium price in a centralized, order-driven market where many asymmetrically informed traders are active for many periods.

Preorder representation results are applied to a normative valuation theory for dealers setting bid-ask spreads in a dynamic framework. The preorders induced by ask and bid prices of marketed assets should satisfy some axioms in order for prices not to yield arbitrage opportunities to traders...

When a public good is excludable it is possible to charge individuals for using the good. We study the role of prices on excludable public goods within an extension of the Stern-Stiglitz version of the Mirrlees optimal income tax model. Our discussion includes both the case where the public good...