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with respect to their effectiveness in preventing bubbles. A reduction of manager bonuses or a Tobin tax can create or …We develop a model of rational bubbles based on the assumptions of unknown market liquidity and limited liability of … condition for whether rational bubbles are possible. Based on this analysis, we discuss several widely-discussed policy measures …
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with respect to their effectiveness in preventing bubbles. A reduction of manager bonuses or a Tobin tax can create or …We develop a model of rational bubbles based on the assumptions of unknown market liquidity and limited liability of … condition for whether rational bubbles are possible. Based on this analysis, we discuss several widely-discussed policy measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693528
The paper introduces the assumption of costly information acquisition to the theory of mechanism design for matching allocation problems. It is shown that the assumption of endogenous information acquisition greatly changes some of the cherished results in that theory: in particular, the...
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We develop a parsimonious model of bubbles based on the assumption of imprecisely known market depth. In a speculative … possibility of bubbles depending on the risk-free rate, uncertainty about market depth, and traders’ degree of leverage. This … allows us to discuss several policy measures. Bubbles always reduce aggregate welfare. Among others, certain monetary policy …
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latter can be used to proxy for the likelihood of tail events like crashes and bubbles in a market and, thus, is a crucial … measure of stock market stability. Since crashes and bubbles are, almost by definition, unpredictable, we, unlike scarce prior …
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Recent discussions on the volatility of agricultural prices have been drawing on factors as low short term elasticities of supply and demand, climatic risk, market uncertainty, central banks monetary policies, trade barriers, biofuel development and, finally, speculation. Much debate has aroused...
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We develop a model of rational bubbles based on leverage and the assumption of an imprecisely known maximum market size … lend to traders with limited liability in a bubble is endogenous. Bubbles reduce welfare of future investors. We provide … general conditions for the possibility of bubbles depending on uncertainty about market size, traders' degree of leverage and …
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We develop a model of rational bubbles based on leverage and the assumption of an imprecisely known maximum market size … decide whether to lend to traders with limited liability. Bubbles increase welfare of the initial asset holders, but reduce … welfare of future households. We provide general conditions for the possibility of bubbles depending on uncertainty about …
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We develop a model of rational bubbles based on leverage and the assumption of an imprecisely known maximum market size … decide whether to lend to traders with limited liability. Bubbles increase welfare of the initial asset holders, but reduce … welfare of future households. We provide general conditions for the possibility of bubbles depending on uncertainty about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420380
We develop a model of rational bubbles based on leverage and the assumption of an imprecisely known maximum market size … lend to traders with limited liability in a bubble is endogenous. Bubbles reduce welfare of future investors. We provide … general conditions for the possibility of bubbles depending on uncertainty about market size, traders’ degree of leverage and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794145