Information quality and crises in regime-change games

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Journal: Journal of Economic Theory
Year: 2015
Volume: 158
Issue: PB
Pages: 739-768

Authors (2)

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Abstract

When crises potentially originate from coordination failures, does a deterioration in the quality of the information available to market participants contribute towards instability? We address this question in a general global game of regime change with a unique equilibrium and illustrate the implications in a debt rollover application. We show that a reduction in the quality of information increases the likelihood of regime change, thus reducing stability, when the net payoff in the case of a successful attack is more sensitive to the fundamentals than the net payoff in the case of status quo survival. We also discuss welfare implications.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jetheo:v:158:y:2015:i:pb:p:739-768
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25