We argue that competition between dealers in a classic dealer market is intertemporal: A trader identifies a particular dealer and negotiates a final price with only the intertemporal threat to switch dealers imposing pricing discipline on the dealer. In this kind of market structure, we show...

This paper considers a financier contemplating a venture capital investment in a firm whose true value is unknown. The financier must make information-gathering and investment decisions on an ongoing basis to decide whether to undertake the investment and, later, if he chooses to finance the...

We argue that competition between dealers in a classic dealer market is intertemporal: A trader identifies a particular dealer and negotiates a final price with only the intertemporal threat to switch dealers imposing pricing discipline on the dealer. In this kind of market structure, we show...