00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.851432 CaOODSP 20221107154356 cr ||||||||||| 180208s2018 oncd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- FB3-5/2018-7E-PDF Davoodalhosseini, S. Mohammad R. Adverse selection with heterogeneously informed agents [electronic resource] / by S. Mohammad R. Davoodalhosseini. [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada, 2018. iii, 55 p. : col. charts. Bank of Canada staff working paper, 1701-9397 ; 2018-7 "February 2018." Includes bibliographical references. “A model of over-the-counter markets is proposed. Some asset buyers are informed in that they can identify high quality assets. Heterogeneous sellers with private information choose what type of buyers they want to trade with. When the measure of informed buyers is low, there exists a unique and stable equilibrium, and interestingly, price, trading volume and welfare typically decrease with more informed buyers. When the measure of informed buyers is intermediate, multiple equilibria arise, and price, trading volume and welfare may decrease or increase with more informed buyers, depending on the equilibrium being played. A switch from one equilibrium to another can lead to large drops in liquidity, price, trading volume and welfare, like a financial crisis. The measure of informed buyers is then endogenized by allowing buyers to invest in a technology that enables them to identify high quality assets. In this case, the model features endogenous strategic complementarity in acquiring the information technology. Multiple equilibria still exist, with different measures of informed buyers, but a scheme of tax/subsidy on information acquisition sometimes leads to the unique equilibrium"--Abstract, p. ii. Includes abstract in French. gccst Stock markets Econometric models Bank of Canada. Staff working paper (Bank of Canada) 1701-9397 ; 2018-7 (CaOODSP)9.806221 PDF 1.03 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/banque-bank-canada/FB3-5-2018-7-eng.pdf