We report results from an experiment that evaluates the consequences of having a socially motivated monitor use the market price of a bank’s traded assets to decide whether or not to intervene in the bank’s operations. Consistent with predictions of a recent theoretical paper by Bond,...

We study multiple-unit, laboratory experimental call markets in which orders are cleared by a single price at a scheduled "call." The markets are independent trading "days" with two calls each day preceded by a continuous and public order flow. Markets approach the competitive equilibrium over...

This paper reports experiments motivated by ongoing controversies regarding tick size in markets. The minimum tick size in a market dictates discrete values at which bids and asks can be tendered by market participants. All transaction prices must occur at these discrete values, which are...