Risk aversion and information aggregation in binary‐asset markets

B-Tier
Journal: Quantitative Economics
Year: 2023
Volume: 14
Issue: 2
Pages: 753-798

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We investigate how risk aversion (RA) shapes the informative content of prices in an experimental asset market, where traders are sorted according to their RA. RA should induce steeper individual demands and, under its most common parametrizations, drive equilibrium prices closer to revealing the state. Results support the prediction on individual demands, but not the prediction on prices, which do not vary with RA and are close to the risk‐neutral benchmark. This purported conflict is due to traders, particularly the more risk‐averse ones, conveying into prices only part of their information.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:quante:v:14:y:2023:i:2:p:753-798
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25