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- Title
The acquisition of information in a dynamic market.
- Authors
Berk, Jonathan B.
- Abstract
This paper models the information acquisition process in an intertemporal rational expectations framework. It demonstrates that equilibria do not generally exist in intertemporal economies in which agents are assumed to know the state-contingent price path and the information acquisition process is endogenous. In addition, an example of a fully revealing equilibrium in which agents pay a strictly positive amount for information is provided. Finally, we also show that it is possible for an equilibrium to exist in which agents choose to purchase information even if all agents, including the agents who purchased the information, are made strictly worse off by the purchase.
- Subjects
RATIONAL expectations (Economic theory); INFORMATION services; PRICES; ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC forecasting
- Publication
Economic Theory, 1997, Vol 9, Issue 3, p441
- ISSN
0938-2259
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF01213848