Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-29-2022
Abstract
We attempt to replicate a seminal paper that offered support for the rational expectations hypothesis and reported evidence that markets with certain features aggregate dispersed information. The original results are based on only a few observations, and our attempt to replicate the key findings with an appropriately powered experiment largely fails. The resulting poststudy probability that market performance is better described by rational expectations than the prior information (Walrasian) model under the conditions specified in the original paper is very low. As a result of our failure to replicate, we investigate an alternate set of market features that combines aspects of the original experimental design. For these markets, which include both contingent claims and homogeneous dividend payments (as in many prediction markets), we do find robust evidence of information aggregation in support of the rational expectations model. In total, our results indicate that information aggregation in asset markets is fragile and should only be expected in limited circumstances.
Recommended Citation
Brice Corgnet, Cary Deck, Mark DeSantis, Kyle Hampton, Erik O. Kimbrough (2022) When Do Security Markets Aggregate Dispersed Information?. Management Science 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4463
Peer Reviewed
1
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Comments
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Management Science in 2022 following peer review. This article may not exactly replicate the final published version. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4463.