Hey, J.D. and Morone, A. (2004) Do markets drive out lemmings - or vice versa? Economica, 71 (284). pp. 637-659. ISSN 0013-0427
Abstract
This paper investigates experimentally a market inspired by two strands of literature: on herd behaviour in non-market situations, and on the aggregation of private information in markets. The first strand suggests that socially undesirable herd behaviour may result when information is private; the second suggests that in a market context the price mechanism may cause the private information to be aggregated correctly and efficiently. This latter therefore suggests that socially undesirable behaviour may be eliminated through the market. We test this experimentally, and find that socially undesirable behaviour may result: the market is misled by agents privately optimizing.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2009 14:06 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jun 2009 14:06 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0013-0427.2004.00392.x |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2004.00392.x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6034 |