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Competition, Comparative Performance, and Market Transparency

  • Bruce I. Carlin
  • Shaun William Davies
  • Andrew Iannaccone
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
vol. 4, no. 4, November 2012
(pp. 202-37)
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Abstract

We study how competition affects market transparency, taking into account that comparative performance is assessed via tournaments and contests. Extending Dye (1985) to a multi-firm setting in which top performers are rewarded, we show that increased competition usually makes disclosure less likely, which lowers market transparency and may decrease per capita welfare. This result appears to be robust to several model variations and as such, has implications for market regulation. (JEL D82, D83, L77, L25)

Citation

Carlin, Bruce I., Shaun William Davies, and Andrew Iannaccone. 2012. "Competition, Comparative Performance, and Market Transparency." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 4 (4): 202-37. DOI: 10.1257/mic.4.4.202

JEL Classification

  • D82 Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
  • D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief
  • L11 Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
  • L25 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
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