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A Search Model of Centralzied and Decentralized Trade

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  • Jianjun Miao

    () (Institute for Economic Development, Boston University)

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This paper presents a search model of centralized and decentralized trade. In a centralized market, trades are intermediated by market makers at publicly posted bid-ask prices. In a decentralized market, traders search counterparties. Prices are negotiated and transactions are conducted in private meetings among traders. Traders can choose which market to enter. The determinant of bid-ask spreads and liquidity is analyzed. The welfare consequence of the market fragmentation is also analyzed. It is shown that compared to the competitive market-making, monopolistic market-making may improve social welfare. (Copyright: Elsevier)

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Paper provided by Boston University - Department of Economics in its series Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series with number dp-144.

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Length: 35 pages
Date of creation: Jan 2005
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Handle: RePEc:bos:iedwpr:dp-144

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Keywords: searching; matching and bargaining; bid-ask spread; liquidity; welfare; Walrasian equilibrium;

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  1. Ricardo Lagos & Guillaume Rocheteau, 2008. "Liquidity in asset markets with search frictions," Staff Report 408, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
  2. Ricardo Lagos & Guillaume Rocheteau, 2006. "Search in asset markets," Working Paper 0607, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
  3. Gara Afonso & Ricardo Lagos, 2012. "Trade dynamics in the market for federal funds," Staff Reports 549, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  4. Guillaume Rocheteau & Pierre-Olivier Weill, 2011. "Liquidity in frictional asset markets," Working Paper 1105, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
  5. Makoto Watanabe, 2012. "Middlemen: A Directed Search Equilibrium Approach," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-138/V, Tinbergen Institute.
  6. Yuet-Yee Wong & Randall Wright, 2011. "Buyers, sellers and middlemen: variations in search theory," Working Papers 691, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
  7. José Ramón Martínez-Resano, 2005. "Size and heterogeneity matter. A microstructure-based analysis of regulation of secondary markets for governments bonds," Banco de España Occasional Papers 0501, Banco de España.
  8. Hajime Tomura, 2012. "On the Existence and Fragility of Repo Markets," Working Papers 12-17, Bank of Canada.
  9. Yuet-Yee Wong & Randall Wright, 2011. "Buyers, Sellers and Middlemen: Variations on Search-Theoretic Themes," NBER Working Papers 17511, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  10. Maria Eugénia Sanin, 2009. "Choosing a trading counterpart in the U.S. acid rain market," Working Papers hal-00437636, HAL.

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