MARKET POWER AND THE INSTITUTIONAL ASYMMETRY OF THE POSTED OFFER TRADING INSTITUTION

被引:5
作者
DAVIS, DD
WILLIAMS, AW
机构
[1] VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIV, RICHMOND, VA 23284 USA
[2] INDIANA UNIV, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47405 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0165-1765(90)90118-K
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper reports a series of market experiments examining the conjecture that the institutional asymmetry inherent in posted-offer pricing can suppress the exercise of market power by the non-posting side of the market. The data clearly support this conjecture if market power is defined as a unilateral incentive to manipulate the market price via strategic quantity withholding. © 1990.
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页码:211 / 214
页数:4
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