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Information disclosure and asymmetric speed of learning in booms and busts

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We consider a model in which agents gradually learn about the aggregate market conditions — ‘boom’ or ‘bust’ — from the information disclosed after a trading round. The disclosure rules… Click to show full abstract

We consider a model in which agents gradually learn about the aggregate market conditions — ‘boom’ or ‘bust’ — from the information disclosed after a trading round. The disclosure rules can generate asymmetric learning and affect the degree of asymmetry. In particular, when only winning bids are publicly disclosed, learning is more rapid in a bust.

Keywords: information; information disclosure; disclosure asymmetric; disclosure; asymmetric speed; speed learning

Journal Title: Economics Letters
Year Published: 2017

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