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Allocative efficiency and traders' protection under zero intelligence behavior

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Marco LiCalzi () (Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Venice)
Lucia Milone () (Advanced School of Economics, University of Venice)
Paolo Pellizzari () (Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Venice)

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This paper studies the continuous double auction from the point of view of market engineering: we tweak a resampling rule often used for this exchange protocol and search for an improved design. We assume zero intelligence trading as a lower bound for more robust behavioral rules and look at allocative efficiency, as well as three subordinate performance criteria: mean spread, cancellation rate, and traders' protection. This latter notion measures the ability of a protocol to help traders capture their share of the competitive equilibrium profits. We consider two families of resampling rules and obtain the following results. Full resampling is not necessary to attain high allocative efficiency, but fine-tuning the resampling rate is important. The best allocative performances are similar across the two families. However, if the market designer adds any of the other three criteria as a subordinate goal, then a resampling rule based on a price band around the best quotes is superior.

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Keywords: market engineering; trading protocols; competitive share; exchange market;

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D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies
D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - General
C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods and Programming - - - Computational Techniques
C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior

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  1. Roberto Cervone & Stefano Galavotti & Marco LiCalzi, 2009. "Symmetric Equilibria in Double Auctions with Markdown Buyers and Markup Sellers," Working Papers 187, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Venice. [Downloadable!]
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