Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of asymmetric information for price evolution and investor behavior under a rational expectations framework. Design/methodology/approach – The author presents a simple asymmetric information‐based asset‐pricing model to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of overconfidence for information acquisition and market efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – The paper studies a model of a competitive market with both overconfident and rational traders endogenously acquiring costly...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of overconfidence for information acquisition and market efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – The paper studies a model of a competitive market with both overconfident and rational traders endogenously acquiring costly...

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of asymmetric information for price evolution and investor behavior under a rational expectations framework. Design/methodology/approach–The author presents a simple asymmetric information-based asset-pricing model to show that...