Conference Agenda
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AP 14: Imperfect Competition and Asset Prices Location: LR M2.1 (Floor 2) Session Chair: Winston Dou, University of Pennsylvania | |
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ID: 410
Moral Hazard and Imperfect Competition in Financial Markets Columbia Business School, United States of America When financial intermediaries invest on behalf of clients, they exert effort that clients cannot contract on and compete when trading assets. I develop a model in which the resulting moral hazard and degree of competition interact through market clearing, so that the incentive contracts clients offer intermediaries depend on how many intermediaries compete. I show that greater competition can tighten incentive constraints and reduce welfare. Pricing patterns in proprietary Canadian equity data are consistent with both frictions, and, read through the lens of the model, suggest a welfare loss from greater competition. This calls for coordinating competition and conduct regulation.
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