Benchmarks in Search Markets

We characterize the role of benchmarks in price transparency of over-the-counter markets. A benchmark can raise social surplus by increasing the volume of beneficial trade, facilitating more efficient matching between dealers and customers, and reducing search costs. Although the market transparency...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: DUFFIE, DARRELL, DWORCZAK, PIOTR, Zhu, Haoxiang
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120757
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5330-3441