Efficiency properties of rational expectations equilibria with asymmetric information
In this paper we provide a characterisation of the welfare properties of rational expectations equilibria of economies in which, prior to trading...
DP 381
Informed Trading, Investment, and Welfare
This paper studies the welfare economics of informed trading in a stock market. We provide a model in which all agents are rational and trade either...
DP 292
Should Speculators be Taxed?
A number of economists have supported the taxation of speculation in financial markets. We examine the welfare economics of such a tax in a model of...
DP 291
Speculative Securities
A speculative security is an asset whose payoff depends on a random shock uncorrelated with economic fundamentals (a sunspot) about which some traders...
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