Tail expectation and imperfect competition in limit order book markets

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Journal: Journal of Economic Theory
Year: 2019
Volume: 183
Issue: C
Pages: 661-697

Authors (2)

Baruch, Shmuel (Università degli Studi di Roma...) Glosten, Lawrence R. (not in RePEc)

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Abstract

Perfect competition in liquidity provision in limit order markets is characterized by a tail expectation condition (Glosten 1994). In this paper, we model imperfect competition in schedules by infinitely many liquidity suppliers, quoting on a limit order book. We show that there are zero-rent mixed-strategy equilibria featuring finite numbers of active liquidity suppliers. None of the equilibria satisfies the competitive outcome, not even on average. Considering a sequence of equilibria with the number of active liquidity suppliers becoming large, we show that the aggregate stochastic marginal price schedule converges to the deterministic competitive marginal price schedule.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jetheo:v:183:y:2019:i:c:p:661-697
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24