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Information aggregation in a financial market with general signal structure

  • Youcheng Lou
  • , Sahar Parsa
  • , Debraj Ray*
  • , Duan Li
  • , Shouyang Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

Abstract

We study a financial market with asymmetric, multidimensional trader signals that have general correlation structure. Each of a continuum of traders belongs to one of finitely many “information groups.” There is a multidimensional aggregate signal for each group. Each trader observes an idiosyncratic signal about the fundamental, built from this group signal. Correlations across group signals are arbitrary. Several existing models serve as special cases, and new applications become possible. We establish existence and regularity of linear equilibrium, and demonstrate that the equilibrium price aggregates information perfectly as noise trade vanishes.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)594-624
JournalJournal of Economic Theory
Volume183
Online published22 May 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2019

Research Keywords

  • Asymmetric information
  • Information aggregation
  • Multidimensional signals
  • Rational expectations equilibrium

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