This paper theoretically examines the impact of conservatism on the asset price in an asset market allowing for strategic interactions among traders. Due to the trades coming from conservatism traders contain less informational content, the asset price is shown to be less informative in the...

Introduction -- Evolution, irrationality, and perfectly competitive equilibrium -- Evolution, irrationality, and monopolistically competitive equilibrium -- Evolution and informationally efficient equilibrium in a commodity futures market -- Natural selection, random shocks, and market...