We present a method for identifying and estimating the gains from trade in limit order markets and provide new empirical evidence that the limit order market is a good market design. The gains from trade in our model arise because traders have different valuations for the stock. We use...

We model a trader's decision to supply liquidity by submitting limit orders or demand liquidity by submitting market orders in a limit order market. The best quotes and the execution probabilities and picking off risks of limit orders determine the price of immediacy. The price of immediacy and...

In the economic literature there are divergences on a number ofissues between the results obtained with macro- and micro-basedmodels. Habit formation in consumption is one example of suchdisagreement. Another example is the discrepancy between thetheoretical prediction that all investors should...

This paper empirically investigates the ability of a real business-cycle model with nonseparabilities in consumption and leisure and external habits both in consumption and leisure to fit the postwar US data. The results indicate a strong but fast-dying habit in leisure, and a somewhat weaker...

This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model of stock market participation, where consumers’ decisions regarding stock market participation are influenced by participation costs. The practical significance of the participation costs is considered as being a channel through which financial...

Purpose: Present study is aimed in interpretation of the results of investment accounts and budget policy on the basis of regional economy functioning model. Next purposes were to show their analytical opportunities by researching the problem of investment differentiation, levels of regional...