Asymmetric information and adverse selection

This paper develops a framework for the analysis of how asymmetric information impacts on adverse selection and market efficiency. We adopt Akerlof's (1970) unit-demand model extended to a setting with multidimensional public and private information. Adverse selection and efficiency are defin...

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Main Authors: Jewitt, I, Leaver, C, Bar-Isaac, H
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2014